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Energizing Sustainable Cities: Assessing Urban Energy book cover

1st Edition

Energizing Sustainable Cities Assessing Urban Energy

Edited By Arnulf Grubler, David Fisk Copyright 2013
240 Pages 16 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 16 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 16 Color & 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1. Introduction and Overview (Arnulf Grubler and David Fisk)  2. Urbanization Past and Future (Arnulf Grubler and Thomas Buettner)  3. Urbanization Dynamics (David Fisk)  4. City Walls and Urban Hinterlands: The Importance of System Boundaries (Julia Steinberger and Helga Weisz)  5. Urban Energy Use (Arnulf Grubler and Niels B. Schulz)  6. Energy Access and Housing for Low-income Groups in Urban Areas (David Satterthwaite and Alice Sverdlik)  7. Energy Demand and Air Pollution Densities, including Heat Island Effects (Niels B. Schulz, Arnulf Grubler and Toshiaki Ichinose)  8. Supply Constraints and Urban Policy Frameworks (David Fisk)  9. Drivers of Urban Energy Use and Main Policy Leverages (Xuemei Bai, Shobhakar Dhakal, Julia Steinberger, and Helga Weisz)  10. Transport Systems (Gerd Sammer)  11. Urban Energy Systems Planning, Design and Implementation (James E. Keirstead and Nilay Shah)  12. Urban Air Quality Management (Shobhakar Dhakal)  13. Summary and Conclusion (Arnulf Grubler and David Fisk)

Biography

Arnulf Grubler is Acting Program Leader of the Transitions to New Technologies Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, and Professor in the Field of Energy and Technology at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University., David Fisk is a co-director of the BP Urban Energy Project, and holds the Laing O'Rourke Chair in Systems Engineering and Innovation at Imperial College London.

"The book is the result of a major international effort to conduct the first comprehensive assessment of energy-related urban sustainability issues conducted under the auspices of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA). The assessment is also unique in that it embeds energy issues into the broader sustainability agenda of cities: including housing for the poor, functional transport systems, as well as environmental quality, in addition to the challenges imposed by climate change. It includes the first comprehensive global coverage overview of urban energy use and of the specifics of urban energy demand and supply." – Soziale Technik
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