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Supply and Demand for Low Energy Housing in the UK: Insights from a Science and Technology Studies Approach
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Lovell, HC, Supply and Demand for Low Energy Housing in the UK: Insights from a Science and Technology Studies Approach, Housing Studies, 20, (5) pp. 815-829. ISSN 0267-3037 (2005) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2005 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/02673030500214118
Abstract
Economic theory about supply and demand suggests that if consumer demand for a product increases then producers respond by increasing supply. In the UK housing market there is emerging evidence of consumer demand for low energy housing, yet little has been built to date by private sector housebuilders: existing low energy housing is largely within the social housing and self-build sectors. Ideas from science and technology studies (STS) are introduced to help further understanding of why the housing market might be slow to respond to changing consumer preferences. Although standard economic concepts concerning costs and price are able in part to explain the situation, greater attention to socio-technical issues highlights some of the reasons why innovation and change are difficult to effect. The housing market is best viewed as a socio-technical system, whereby the social and the technical are interlinked. © 2005 Taylor & Francis.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology and social studies of science and technology |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Lovell, HC (Professor Heather Lovell) |
ID Code: | 99608 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 43 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2015-03-30 |
Last Modified: | 2015-04-08 |
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