Socio-Technical Dimensions for a Sustainable Housing Transition

Abstract

AbstractIn this chapter, we explore key socio-technical dimensions that we have identified through the wider literature and our own sustainable housing research which we feel are important to address if a transition to sustainable housing is to be achieved. The ten socio-technical dimensions we cover in this chapter are: guiding principles, physical attributes, knowledge, geography, industrial structures and organizations, markets, users, and power, policy, regulations, and governance, everyday life and practices, culture, civil society, and social movements, ethical aspects. This chapter explores each dimension in turn by providing a definition, overview of how the current housing regime engages with the dimension and how sustainable housing offers a different approach. We also provide a short example of how this is being provided or considered in practice.