Harry Margalit

Energy, Cities and Sustainability

An historical approach

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780815359067
• ISBN-10: 0815359063
• Artikelnr.: 50650664

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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