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Energizing sustainable cities : assessing urban energy / edited by Arnulf Grubler and David Fisk.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Energy consumption.
- Cities and towns.
- Energy policy.
- Energy conservation--Planning.
- Energy conservation.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Earthscan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use and resulting environmental impacts. The twenty-first century will be increasingly urban. Sustainable development therefore needs first to be defined and analyzed, and then realized in urban settings. Energy is one of the key challenges, but also one of the key opportunities in the required urban sustainability transition. The book is the result of a major international effort to conduct the first comprehensive assessment of energy-relate
- Contents:
- Cover; ENERGIZING SUSTAINABLE CITIES; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of boxes; List of tables; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction and overview; PART I The urbanization context; 2 Urbanization past and future; 3 Urbanization dynamics; 4 City walls and urban hinterlands: the importance of system boundaries; 5 Urban energy use; PART II The urban challenges; 6 Energy access and housing for low-income groups in urban areas; 7 Energy demand and air pollution densities, including heat island effects
- 8 Supply constraints and urban policy frameworksPART III Urban policy opportunities and responses; 9 Drivers of urban energy use and main policy leverages; 10 Transport systems; 11 Urban energy systems planning, design and implementation; 12 Urban air quality management; 13 Summary and conclusion; References; Index; Plates
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-207) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-27362-X
- 0-203-11012-9
- 1-283-84362-5
- 1-136-27363-8
- 9780203110126
- OCLC:
- 821176553
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