Urban Energy Transition 2ed

Part I: Principles and Drivers 1. Solar City 2. Undoing Atmospheric Harm 3. Urbanization, Increasing Wealth and Energy Transitions 4. Direct versus Embodied Energy 5. Energy Development and Sustainable Monetary Systems Part II: Policy and Practice Dynamics 6. Renewable Energy Policymaking in New York and London 7. Climate Change and Cities 8. City Energy Networking in Europe 9. Energy Use and Co2 Production in the Urban Passenger Transport Systems of 84 International Cities Part III: New Aspects of Technology 10. Storage Systems for Reliable Future Power Supply Networks 11. The Media Laboratory City Car 12. Toward the Intelligent Grid 13. Innovations Promote Rural and Peri-Urban Electrification 14. Towards the Renewable Built Environment 15. Counteracting Urban Heat Islands in Japan 16. Eco design and the Transition of the Built Environment 17. "Energy-Contracting" to Achieve Energy Efficiency and Renewables Using Comprehensive Refurbishment of Buildings as an Example 18. Sustainability on the Urban Scale Part IV: International Urban Agencies 19. Barcelona and the Power of Solar Ordinance 20. Reducing Carbon Emissions in London 21. Urban Energy and Carbon Management in Leicester 22. Reducing Carbon Emissions from Oxford City 23. Integrating Energy in Urban Planning in the Philippines and Vietnam 24. Sustainable Energy Systems in the Urban Poor 25. Energy Planning in South African Cities 26. Household Markets for Ethanol 27. Freedom from Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Power 28. Lagos, Nigeria: Sustainable Energy Techniques for an Emerging African Megacity