Topic
Ecovillage
About: Ecovillage is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 207 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1949 citations. The topic is also known as: Eco-village & Ecovillages.
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
TL;DR: Cohousing communities are neighbourhood developments that creatively mix private and common dwellings to recreate a sense of community, while preserving a high degree of individual privacy as mentioned in this paper, which fits perfectly well with degrowth economic theories.
148 citations
TL;DR: The goal of the recently constructed ecovillage at Ithaca (EVI) is to create a "socially harmonious, economically viable and ecologically sustainable settlement that will demonstrate that human beings can live cooperatively with each other and with the natural environment" as discussed by the authors.
130 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the author situated a case study of an urban ecovillage in a post-industrialized country, where members push for ecologically sustainable change, and used it as a model for urban ecology.
Abstract: Ecovillages are burgeoning communitarian phenomena in postindustrialized countries whose members push for ecologically sustainable change. The author situated a case study of an urban ecovillage in...
129 citations
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1 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Tracing the origins of ecovillages: ecological, socio-economic and cultural-spiritual Successes and challenges of the ecoveillage movement Ecoveillages on the new frontiers of sustainability Resources
Abstract: Tracing the origins of ecovillages: ecological, socio-economic and cultural-spiritual Successes and challenges of the ecovillage movement Ecovillages on the new frontiers of sustainability Resources
124 citations
1 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight critiques of the society/nature divide and emphasize the need to pay attention to the paradigms that influence how people think and what they do.
Abstract: Ecovillages provide important insights into the human dimensions of sustainability, but remain relatively unexplored. In this paper I highlight critiques of the society/nature divide and emphasize the need to pay attention to the paradigms that influence how people think and what they do. I discuss the ecovillage model as a rejection of the outmoded “dominant western worldview” in favor of one that recognizes human-ecosystem interdependence. Drawing on field research, I examine the practical means by which ecovillages strive to institute and reinforce an alternative paradigm. In addition to explicit intention, rules, the organization of social interaction, and physical characteristics, I identify an expanded notion of community and its accompanying ethic as distinguishing features of the ecovillage. I suggest the possibility that these are necessary features of a sustainable society.
120 citations
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Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2016 | 16 |