Very hungry city:
Troy, Austin
Very hungry city: urban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities / by Austim Troy - New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012, - xvii, 366 p.
Introduction. Why Urban Energy Metabolism Matters--
Part 1. Why Cities Are Hungry: Chapter 1. The 68° City Interlude --
1. The Big Picture on Rising Energy Prices; --
2. The Very Thirsty City Interlude --
2. Oil Depletion in the United States; --
3. The Very Mobile City Interlude --
3. Global Oil Depletion; --
4. From Dirt Tracks to Interstates 89 Interlude --
4. Tar Sands; --
5. Transit Wars 117 Interlude --
5. Coal; --
2. Taming the Urban Appetite: --
6. The Building Energy Diet Interlude--
6. Natural Gas; --
7. Smart Mobility Interlude --
7. Biofuels--
8. Reinventing Neighborhoods Interlude --
8. Nuclear --
9. The Very Regional City Interlude --
9. Renewable Energy Generation --
10. The Very Efficient City.
Looks at dozens of cities and suburbs in Europe and the United States - from Los Angeles to Copenhagen, Denver to the Swedish urban redevelopment project Hammarby Sjostad - to understand the diverse factors that affect their energy use: behaviour, climate, water supply, building quality, transportation, and others.
9780300198355
UD
333.7913 / TRO-V
Very hungry city: urban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities / by Austim Troy - New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012, - xvii, 366 p.
Introduction. Why Urban Energy Metabolism Matters--
Part 1. Why Cities Are Hungry: Chapter 1. The 68° City Interlude --
1. The Big Picture on Rising Energy Prices; --
2. The Very Thirsty City Interlude --
2. Oil Depletion in the United States; --
3. The Very Mobile City Interlude --
3. Global Oil Depletion; --
4. From Dirt Tracks to Interstates 89 Interlude --
4. Tar Sands; --
5. Transit Wars 117 Interlude --
5. Coal; --
2. Taming the Urban Appetite: --
6. The Building Energy Diet Interlude--
6. Natural Gas; --
7. Smart Mobility Interlude --
7. Biofuels--
8. Reinventing Neighborhoods Interlude --
8. Nuclear --
9. The Very Regional City Interlude --
9. Renewable Energy Generation --
10. The Very Efficient City.
Looks at dozens of cities and suburbs in Europe and the United States - from Los Angeles to Copenhagen, Denver to the Swedish urban redevelopment project Hammarby Sjostad - to understand the diverse factors that affect their energy use: behaviour, climate, water supply, building quality, transportation, and others.
9780300198355
UD
333.7913 / TRO-V