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Energy, cities and sustainability : an historical approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Margalit, Harry (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Routledge studies in energy policy.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Energy consumption.
Urbanization > Environmental aspects.
Energy development.
Sustainable urban development.
Urban policy > Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Energy and urban formation in the pre-modern city
  • The great transition: from solar sources to fossil fuels
  • The modern city emerges
  • 20th century transformers: wars, suburbs, commodities
  • Critiques of progress and ideas of sustainability
  • Shifting production and consumption: developing economies
  • Speculations on urban form, energy and sustainability.