Housing: demographic and environmental trends
How can the housing be adapted to an ageing population and to meet the challenge of climate change?

Human activities interact with natural systems in complex ways; they can cause long-term damage to systems humans are dependent on. This POSTnote summarises a range of such pressures on the environment. It also identifies a number of trends and their effects on the UK.
Trends in the Environment (348 KB , PDF)
Key points in this POSTnote include:
Trends in the Environment (348 KB , PDF)
How can the housing be adapted to an ageing population and to meet the challenge of climate change?
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