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There is life after capitalism. This is the view of economist and ecologist Tim Jackson, who asks: “Why aren’t rich countries always happier than poor countries?” He argues that...
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Barcelona has always been a welcoming and appealing city. It is no wonder that its residents state, in poll after poll, that they would like to continue to do so. And their...
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The design of a substantial amount of housing is based on an obsolete concept that organises space according...
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Cities are emerging as key players in the European challenge of building a human-focussed model for housing....
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A combination of low wages and skyrocketing housing prices is increasingly hampering young people’s...
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A series of misconceptions and false beliefs surrounding rental housing have been propagated in recent years...
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Moving from mere talk to management will be the necessary shift in scale to balance housing supply and demand...
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The elderly of the future will reach retirement with less accumulated resources and with much more polarised...
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