Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas

Urban Dependency

The Inescapable Reality of the Energy Economy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urban Dependency reveals how the world's urban population fulfills its energy demands by exploiting rural energy supplies and workers. Fulkerson and Thomas explain how urban dependency is legitimized through urbanormative ideology and fueled by political-economic forces, and call for a more sustainable approach centered on promoting rural justice.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9781793623096
• ISBN-10: 1793623090
• Artikelnr.: 60074625

Autorenporträt

By Gregory M. Fulkerson and Alexander R. Thomas

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 An Environmental Demographic Perspective
Chapter 2 Matter and Energy: Theorizing Balance
Chapter 3 The Energy Economy: Accounting for Sustainable Balance
Chapter 4 Caloric Well Analysis of Settlements
Chapter 5 World Urbanization and Urban Dependency
Chapter 6 Urban Food Dependency
Chapter 7 Urban Energy Dependency
Chapter 8 Urbanormativity and Urban Dependency
Conclusion: Sustainability and the Future of Urban-Rural Systems
Appendix 1 Definition of Population Related Municipalities
Appendix 2 Comparison of FAO Food Energy Balance Ratios