Sustainable Development, Energy and the City A Civilisation of Visions and Actions /

• Main Author: Mega, Voula (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.

Cities and the energy field are now on the verge of dramatic change. Urban and energy systems are capital intensive and have long lives. Immediate change is difficult and innovation is crucial for inefficient patterns to be transformed into more intelligent systems. Strongly entrenched ideas vacilla...

Table of Contents:

• Cities in the Civilisation of Sustainability
• The Resourceful City and the Energy Criterion
• Energy Patterns, Models and Ethics
• Energy Policy, Security and the Market
• Towards Brighter Energy Futures
• The Socio-Economic Vitality of Cities
• The Cultural Energy of Cities
• Towards Brighter Urban Futures.