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  • Towards a Typology of Tiny Houses

    Author(s)
    Shearer, Heather
    Burton, Paul
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Shearer, Heather L.
    Burton, Paul A.
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    The emergent tiny house movement is gaining momentum globally, in the United States where it originated, and in countries such as Australia. Little scholarly research exists on the tiny house movement, with most information limited to social and popular media. Moreover, there is limited information on the definition of a tiny house. As an important first step in bringing a more scholarly focus, this article presents a typology of tiny houses; what is a tiny house and what defining characteristics allow a tiny dwelling to be considered a tiny house? This study involved an analysis of social media, face to face interviews with ...
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    The emergent tiny house movement is gaining momentum globally, in the United States where it originated, and in countries such as Australia. Little scholarly research exists on the tiny house movement, with most information limited to social and popular media. Moreover, there is limited information on the definition of a tiny house. As an important first step in bringing a more scholarly focus, this article presents a typology of tiny houses; what is a tiny house and what defining characteristics allow a tiny dwelling to be considered a tiny house? This study involved an analysis of social media, face to face interviews with key protagonists and a questionnaire survey, to establish a preliminary classification of tiny houses. We aimed to place the movement in its wider context, and establish a foundation for future research into the movement's potential to trigger positive economic and environmental change towards more sustainable urban environments.
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    Journal Title
    Housing, Theory and Society
    Publisher URI
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14036096.2018.1487879
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1487879
    Subject
    Urban and regional planning
    History and theory of the built environment (excl. architecture)
    Human geography
    Sociology
    Tiny houses
    Housing affordability
    Urban consolidation
    Sustainable construction
    Community
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/382534
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