Frequently the site of crisis or turmoil, individual cities can be
fragile environments. For the first time in history, however, the
future of the entire urban system is being thrown into doubt.
Catastrophic climate changes threaten the life support of hundreds
of millions, perhaps billions, of urban dwellers around the world.
Supplies of fossil fuels, especially oil and natural gas, are
declining worldwide. Modern cities not only depend on petroleum
products for their power, but also for their goods and services -
including the making and packaging of virtually all food. How might
this precarious global condition be turned around? How can the
energy infrastructure of cities, towns and rural settlements be
restructured, to confront the environmental challenges of our time?
Could a new, positive global vision emerge out of the impending,
massive shift from unsustainable fuels to a renewable energy base?
Opening with a definition of renewable power, the book
concisely sets out the fundamental logic and philosophical
framework of the urban energy revolution. It then progresses to
look at how cities best attempt adaptation to accelerating,
anthropogenic climate change: by mitigating it and fighting its
root causes. Two central chapters map the spatial implications of
the urban renewable energy transformation and the new technologies
that might be involved in successfully creating the renewable city.
The guide not only compares different approaches to creating
renewable cities, but also examines various sustainable building
assessment and design tools. The volume concludes with an easy to
use best-practice template for local governments and planners,
applying lessons from advanced citiesaround the world
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