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050 0 0 _aHD9502.A2
_bT76 2014
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100 1 _aTroy, Austin.
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245 1 4 _aThe Very Hungry City :
_burban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities. /
_cAustin Troy.
_htxt
264 _aNew Haven :
_aLondon :
_bYale University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a366 p.
_bill. ; maps ;
_c25 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aInclude index.
504 _aInclude bibliographical references.
505 _aPreface ix -- Acknowledgments xv -- Introduction Why Urban Energy Metabolism Matters 1 -- Part 1. Why Cities Are Hungry Chapter 1 The 68° City 13 Interlude #1 The Big Picture on Rising Energy Prices 32 -- Chapter 2 The Very Thirsty City 35 -- Interlude #2 Oil Depletion in the United States 56 -- Chapter 3 The Very Mobile City 59 -- Interlude #3 Global Oil Depletion 83 -- Chapter 4 From Dirt Tracks to Interstates 89 -- Interlude #4 Tar Sands 115 -- Chapter 5 Transit Wars 117 -- Interlude #5 Coal 141 -- Part 2 Taming the Urban Appetite -- Chapter 6 The Building Energy Diet 147 -- Interlude #6 Natural Gas 176 -- Chapter 7 Smart Mobility 182 -- Interlude #7 Biofuels 207 -- Chapter 8 Reinventing Neighborhoods 210 -- Interlude #8 Nuclear 239 -- Chapter 9 The Very Regional City 244 -- Interlude #9 Renewable Energy Generation 269 -- Chapter 10 The Very Efficient City 277 -- Notes 297 -- Select Bibliography 337 -- Index 355 --
650 0 _aCities and towns
_xEnergy consumption.
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_2Local
650 0 _aCity planning
_xEnvironmental aspects.
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650 0 _aUrban economics.
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650 0 _aEnergy policy
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_c6
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