Energy, Cities and Sustainability

An historical approach

Harry Margalit (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
9780815359067 (ISBN)

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This book examines changing energy use across history, analysing the origin and significance of the industrial revolution to reveal how the modern city came into being. It is useful for researchers, academics and policymakers in the areas of planning, energy policy, environment and sustainability.

Harry Margalit is an Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Introduction 1. Energy and urban formation in the pre-modern city 2. The great transition: From solar sources to fossil fuels 3. The modern city emerges 4. 20th century transformers: Wars, suburbs, commodities 5. Critiques of progress and ideas of sustainability 6. Shifting production and consumption: Developing economies 7. Speculations on urban form, energy and sustainability

Erscheinungsdatum	02.01.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Energy Policy
Zusatzinfo	8 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-13	9780815359067 / 9780815359067
Zustand	Neuware