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Newly updated in 2015, you will learn how to create homes from scratch for many different animals. You will learn how to assess the needs of your animals according to breed and personality, from indoor domesticated pets to livestock. You will learn what features these homes need to match your animals according to size, feeding habits, gender, whether you have more than one, and whether they will be bred or not. You will learn which building materials...
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Verso
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2016.
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English
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"In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits...
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Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems. Financially well-off Americans can afford comfortable, stable homes in desirable communities. Millions of other Americans cannot. And this divide deepens other inequalities....
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Island Press
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English
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"Daniel Parolek, an architect and urban designer, illustrates the power of Missing Middle housing types-such as duplexes, fourplexes, and bungalow courts- to meet today's diverse housing needs. With the benefit of beautiful full-color graphics, Parolek goes into depth about the benefits and qualities of Missing Middle Housing, explains why more developers should be building them, and defines the barriers cities need to remove to enable them to be...
11) Houses and homes
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English
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A simple discussion of different kinds of houses and what makes them homes.