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This compendium of 29 chapters from 18 countries contains both fundamental and advanced insight into the inevitable shift from cities dominated by the fossil-fuel systems of the industrial age to a renewable-energy based urban development framework.The cross-disciplinary handbook covers a range of diverse yet relevant topics, including: carbon emissions policy and practice; the role of embodied energy; urban thermal performance planning; building efficiency services; energy; poverty alleviation efforts; renewable community support networks; aspects of household level; bio-fuel markets; urban renewable energy legislation, programs and incentives; innovations in individual transport systems; global urban mobility trends; implications of intelligent energy networks and distributed energy supply and storage; and, the case for new regional monetary systems and lifestyles. Presented are practical and principled aspects of technology, economics, design, culture and society, presenting perspectives that are both local and international in scope and relevance.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Environmental management

• Full title: Urban Energy Transition
• Subtitle: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 664
• EAN: 9780080453415
• ISBN: 0080453414
• ID: 04491219
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Weight: 1304 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 176 × 46 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. March 2008

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