H2020Индивидуална стипендия2020–2025

LACONIA · Living Alone CONsumption ImpAct

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2020-09-01 → 2025-08-09
Финансиране от ЕС: 219 312 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Влиянието на живеенето сам върху околната среда се анализира чрез разходите за енергия и материали на едноличното домакинство. Това е важно, за да се разберат причините за високите въглеродни емисии и да се създадат по-устойчиви жилищни модели.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Living Alone CONsumption ImpAct

LACONIA (Living Alone CONsumption ImpAct) explores the impact of the growing trend of people living alone on sustainability. As single-person and small households are becoming more common worldwide, understanding how these changes affect resource use and carbon emissions is increasingly urgent for sustainability science, climate policy and urban planning. Through extensive research in Denmark, LACONIA demonstrates that small households account for the largest share of residential carbon emissions, mainly due to higher per capita energy and material consumption compared to sharing households. The project combines quantitative analysis of national data with qualitative interviews and storytelling to identify the pathways, drivers and consequences of solo living. By documenting both the social and environmental impacts, LACONIA highlights the need for innovative housing solutions and greater sharing to reduce emissions and promote well being. The research also analyses emerging alternatives and obstacles to shared living, offering practical insights for policy makers. Overall, LACONIA concludes that addressing the rising number of people living alone is essential for sustainability, and that targeted interventions to support low-impact and communal living arrangements can deliver significant social and environmental benefits.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Human population has wide ranging and often negative consequences for the natural environment. Population stability and decreasing fertility have thus been heralded as promising for sustainability. However, household size has been decreasing steadily in both developed and developing countries, at an accelerating pace, since the 1980s. The European Union (EU) leads this trend, with nearly a third of total households consisting of single residents. As a result of more people living alone with associated higher consumption, slowing population growth has resulted in neither fewer residences nor decelerating human impact on the environment. This MC-IF aims to investigate the trend toward living alone and create new knowledge about environmental impacts of different household configurations, drivers for different occupancy trends and alternative sustainable housing configurations. The research will be carried out in three phases, firstly by using existing population, housing and consumption databases; secondly be interviewing both high and low impact single resident households and finally by studying low impact household configurations in-depth. This will provide new knowledge on: how different household configurations impact sustainability; why people choose to live in different various configurations; and drivers and barriers for emerging sustainable alternatives. This knowledge will be valuable for policy makers planning sustainable urban environments. During period of training the ER will: Acquire specialised knowledge on sociology of consumption; deepen her mixed methods analysis; improve her multicultural and team communications skills; have policy impact; and publish scientific articles in international journals. Thus the MSCA-IF will allow her to consolidate her academic profile in order to enter the EU academic job market in a tenure-track position.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

AALBORG UNIVERSITET · AalborgКоординаторДания