Landscape and energy : designing transition / edited by Dirk Sijmons, Jasper Hugtenburg, Fred Feddes and Anton van Hoorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

John Dixon Hunt Fund.

Sijmons, Dirk, editor.

Hugtenburg, Jasper, editor.

Hoorn, Anton van, editor.

Feddes, Fred, editor.

Standardized Title:

Landschap en energie. English.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Fossil fuels.

Landscape design.

Physical Description:

430 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : Nai010 Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

Translated from the Dutch.

Summary:

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Landscape and Energy is a ground-breaking book about the effect of this transition on our environment. This book Landscape and Energy. Designing Transition is the first to visually compare the spatial footprints of all relevant energy sources; it explains the driving forces behind the exponential growth of our use of energy and sketches the breath-taking task that lies ahead for spatial designers, planners and politicians. 0The options and choices for an emerging 'post-fossil landscape' are elaborated in a wide variety of case study designs. After all, energy is relevant at every scale and all levels of abstraction, from global political strategies to the solar panel on the roof. The challenges receive due attention in a series of essays on the energy market, the role of politics, the psychology of transition, and technical developments and constraints. Ultimately, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy proves to be much more than a technical task for professionals. On closer consideration, the energy transition above all is a cultural task that affects everyone.

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Landscape and Energy is a ground-breaking book about the effect of this transition on our environment. This book Landscape and Energy. Designing Transition is the first to visually compare the spatial footprints of all relevant energy sources; it explains the driving forces behind the exponential growth of our use of energy and sketches the breath-taking task that lies ahead for spatial designers, planners and politicians. 0The options and choices for an emerging ‘post-fossil landscape’ are elaborated in a wide variety of case study designs. After all, energy is relevant at every scale and all levels of abstraction, from global political strategies to the solar panel on the roof. The challenges receive due attention in a series of essays on the energy market, the role of politics, the psychology of transition, and technical developments and constraints. Ultimately, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy proves to be much more than a technical task for professionals. On closer consideration, the energy transition above all is a cultural task that affects everyone.

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Landscape and Energy is a ground-breaking book about the effect of this transition on our environment. This book Landscape and Energy. Designing Transition is the first to visually compare the spatial footprints of all relevant energy sources; it explains the driving forces behind the exponential growth of our use of energy and sketches the breath-taking task that lies ahead for spatial designers, planners and politicians. 0The options and choices for an emerging ‘post-fossil landscape’ are elaborated in a wide variety of case study designs. After all, energy is relevant at every scale and all levels of abstraction, from global political strategies to the solar panel on the roof. The challenges receive due attention in a series of essays on the energy market, the role of politics, the psychology of transition, and technical developments and constraints. Ultimately, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy proves to be much more than a technical task for professionals. On closer consideration, the energy transition above all is a cultural task that affects everyone.

Contents:

1. Introduction : The reciprocity of energy and space

2. Past, present and future : Past: a brief history of high-energy life

Present: introduction to the knowledge of energy use and energy chains

Future: spatial scenarios for the energy transition

Case study : Europe

3. Electricity : Footprints : nuclear power ; Coal ; Lignite ; Waste incineration ; Hydropower ; Solar ; Wind ; Survey

Case study : Arnhem

Mobility transition : Essay: The mobility landscape

4. Heat : Footprints : Geothermal energy ; Residual heat ; Peat ; Natural gas ; Shale gas ; Biomass ; Survey

Case study : Rotterdam

Economic transition : Essay: The economic landscape

5. Fuel : Footprints : Petroleum ; Tar sands ; BIofuel ; Algae ; Survey

Case study : The 'green metropolis"

Political transition : Essay: The political landscape

Networks and storage : Footprints : Electricity network ; Heat network ; Gas network ; Electricity storage ; Thermal Energy Storage (TES) ; Fuel storage ; Survey

Case study : The northern Netherlands

Technology transition : Essay: The technological landscape

Human scale : Case study : Household consumption

Emotional transition : Essay: The technological landscape

Epilogue

Lexicon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Dixon Hunt Fund.

ISBN:

9789462081130

9462081131

OCLC:

904758380

Publisher Number:

99980169364