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      Towards community sustainability: Housing co-operatives as learning organizations

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      Date
      2010-12
      Author
      Zagozewski, Rebecca
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Current trends in housing development are economically, socially and environmentally unsustainable. Co-operatives may have an advantage with respect to the sustainable development of housing and housing communities. The research focuses on the ability of housing co-operative organizations to function as learning organizations to advance goals of sustainability. Drawing on literatures focused on housing co-operatives, learning organizations, community capital and sustainability, the investigation primarily focuses on a single strategic case: a housing co-operative that actively pursues goals of sustainability. The research also includes information gathered through personal participation and observation during three years of membership in another housing co-operative. The research methods employed include observation, documentation, and personal and group interviews. The intent is to understand the extent to which housing co-operatives can be learning organizations with regards to various aspects of community sustainability. The term community sustainability encompasses issues related to the viability and longevity of the community itself, as well as the adoption and implementation of more sustainable consumption practices by community members. The use and refinement of selected criteria for organizational and social learning facilitated the investigation of the ways in which a specific housing co-operative, and housing co-operatives more generally, may function as learning organizations.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Sociology
      Program
      Sociology
      Supervisor
      Gertler, Michael
      Committee
      Reed, Maureen; Nicol, Jennifer
      Copyright Date
      December 2010
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-12022010-143136
      Subject
      community capital
      sustainable housing
      social learning
      communities of practice
      cognitive praxis
      community development
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