Zoning,Accessory Dwelling Units,and Family Caregiving

Abstract

This article explores the relationship between zoning regulations and co-residential family caregiving in the United States. It first provides an overview of U.S. housing policies, especially zoning. We then describe major changes in family structure and composition in the United States with their implications for caregiving and discuss how multigenerational housing options, particularly accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in single-family homes, can help support family caregiving. After an overview of zoning policies and actions that inhibit ADU production, we document current trends, incorporating information from a small non-random study of ADU activity we conducted in 2004. Finally, we present recommendations for promoting more multigenerational housing as a supplement to other family support programs (e.g., dependent care assistance, family caregiver payments) and as a source of affordable, supportive housing for those families choosing co-residence as their eldercare solution.     

生态诗学视角下中国“诗性智慧”与西方“诗意栖居”之比较

中西方诗学主张把生命情感融入大地的寂静幽宁中,感受自然的律动,获得生命的清澈与澄明。真正的诗都是"归家"之诗,只有回归久已迷失的精神家园,人类才能实现真正的安居。同时,中西方诗学都批判了工业文明和科技革命对生态环境的破坏,促使我们对当下的社会发展模式进行深刻的反思。     

Visuality, mobility and the cosmopolitan: inhabiting the world from afar

In earlier publications based on the research discussed in this article (e.g. Szerszynski and Urry 2002), we argued that an emergent culture of cosmopolitanism, refracted into different forms amongst different social groups, was being nurtured by a widespread 'banal globalism'--a proliferation of global symbols and narratives made available through the media and popular culture. In the current article we draw on this and other empirical research to explore the relationship between visuality, mobility and cosmopolitanism. First we describe the multiple forms of mobility that expand people's awareness of the wider world and their capacity to compare different places. We then chart the changing role that visuality has played in citizenship throughout history, noting that citizenship also involves a transformation of vision, an absenting from particular contexts and interests. We explore one particular version of that transformation--seeing the world from afar, especially in the form of images of the earth seen from space--noting how such images conventionally connote both power and alienation. We then draw on another research project, on place and vision, to argue that the shift to a cosmopolitan relationship with place means that humans increasingly inhabit their world only at a distance.     

人类诗意的栖居——从陶渊明的隐居生活看中国士文人心中的精神家园

陶渊明的隐居和诗作使他成为中国“隐逸诗人之宗”。他的生存、生活和创作,形成了中国士文人“诗意居住”的典型范式,部分地实现了生命的和谐,反映了他的超迈峻洁的人格。从陶渊明的诗歌中可以探讨出“人类诗意地栖居”这样的内容。他为中国知识分子构建了千古不朽的精神家园。     

城市居住隔离的危害及出路探寻

居住隔离是我国城市居住空间在当前市场机制作用下的一种不可避免的现象。从居住隔离的概念、产生的原因、潜在的危害等方面展开了分析,提出防止居住隔离扩大化、构建和谐的居住空间的对策建议。     

生态视野下草原住区适宜规模的框架研究

草原住区作为人类最基本的一种聚居单元,是实现人与自然和谐相处的最佳契合点,为寻求草原人居环境的和谐,本文主张从草原“环境承载力”和住区“聚集效益”两个角度界定草原住区适宜规模,一方面,控制草原住区的规模无疑是保护草原环境的有力措施,另一方面,一定聚集度的草原住区是保障草原住区经济、社会、文化协调发展的关键。     

重新栖居的美学内涵和诗歌展演——论罗伯特·弗洛斯特诗歌生态美学一维

美国现代诗人罗伯特.弗洛斯特以其诗歌作品实现了对＂诗意栖居＂生态美学内涵的独特讨论,从＂家园意识＂＂、位置感＂＂、诗歌创造与艺术想象＂等多个维度展现了英格兰人实现＂重新栖居＂的现实和美学途径。同时＂,重新栖居＂的诗歌展演构建出较为完整的＂栖居＂理论体系,达成了对当代生态美学的有效阐发和发展。     

透视贵州货币化分房的边际效益

如何满足不同层次城镇居民特别是低收入者的住房需求是一个重大的社会问题。贵州住房分配货币化改革正是对这一问题的初步探讨,贵州省住房分配货币化改革方案的实施带来的"边际效益"折射出西部欠发达地区如何建立住房新体制,满足人们的住房需求的新思路。     

谈舟山传统民居建筑

现存舟山传统民居可分清代早期、中期与清末、民国两个时期,各有代表性建筑,其风格与大陆民居各有异同,这与舟山历史、经济及地理气候等原因有关.     

新民居符号体系的应用与分析

新民居风格住宅是传统建筑文化有机更新的积极尝试,它融合了传统民居的元素,具有十分鲜明的符号特征。现代设计将传统民居构件抽象化、几何化、建筑化,再用到设计上,由此产生了可以适应当代住宅的新民居符号,形成了当代住宅的新民居风格。