The very hungry city : urban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities /
"As global demand for energy grows and prices rise, a city's energy consumption becomes increasingly tied to its economic viability, warns the author of The Very Hungry City. Austin Troy, a seasoned expert in urban environmental management, explains for general readers how a city with a hi...
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2012.
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Obsah:
- Introduction: why urban energy metabolism matters
- 1: Why cities are hungry
- The 68°city
- The big picture on rising energy prices
- The very thirsty city
- Oil depletion in the United States
- The very mobile city
- Global oil depletion
- From dirt tracks to interstates
- Tar sands
- Transit wars
- Coal
- 2: Taming the urban appetite
- The building energy diet
- Natural gas
- Smart mobility
- Biofuels
- Reinventing neighborhoods
- Nuclear
- The very regional city
- Renewable energy generations
- The very efficient city.