Energy Metropolis
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Energy Metropolis
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Author : Martin V. Melosi
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 2007-07-01
Energy Metropolis written by Martin V. Melosi and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Pre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-01 with History categories.
Houston's meteoric rise from a bayou trading post to the world's leading oil supplier owes much to its geography, geology, and climate: the large natural port of Galveston Bay, the lush subtropical vegetation, the abundance of natural resources. But the attributes that have made it attractive for industry, energy, and urban development have also made it particularly susceptible to a variety of environmental problems. Energy Metropolis presents a comprehensive history of the development of Houston, examining the factors that have facilitated unprecedented growth-and the environmental cost of that development.The landmark Spindletop strike of 1901 made inexpensive high-grade Texas oil the fuel of choice for ships, industry, and the infant automobile industry. Literally overnight, oil wells sprang up around Houston. In 1914, the opening of the Houston Ship Channel connected the city to the Gulf of Mexico and international trade markets. Oil refineries sprouted up and down the channel, and the petroleum products industry exploded. By the 1920s, Houston also became a leading producer of natural gas, and the economic opportunities and ancillary industries created by the new energy trade led to a population boom. By the end of the twentieth century, Houston had become the fourth largest city in America.Houston's expansion came at a price, however. Air, water, and land pollution reached hazardous levels as legislators turned a blind eye. Frequent flooding of altered waterways, deforestation, hurricanes, the energy demands of an air-conditioned lifestyle, increased automobile traffic, exponential population growth, and an ever-expanding metropolitan area all escalated the need for massive infrastructure improvements. The experts in Energy Metropolis examine the steps Houston has taken to overcome laissez-faire politics, indiscriminate expansion, and infrastructural overload. What emerges is a profound analysis of the environmental consequences of large-scale energy production and unchecked growth.
Energy Transition In Metropolises Rural Areas And Deserts
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Author : Louis Boisgibault
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-02-05
Energy Transition In Metropolises Rural Areas And Deserts written by Louis Boisgibault and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-05 with Science categories.
Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts presents detailed field studies of energy transition in Lille, Riyadh, Fayence, Bokhol, Ouarzazate and the Arabian Desert. It analyzes local actions and good practices – according to the resources and constraints involved – in the process of removing the obstacles to the transition. Solutions are sought for the right type of space for buildings, transport, industry and services, and targets are set for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of the Paris Climate Agreement. As a pedagogical tool, this book is aimed at not only politicians and professionals, but also any members of the public who wish to learn about changes in production and energy consumption.
Energy In A Metropolis
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Author : Stockholms energiverk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Energy In A Metropolis written by Stockholms energiverk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Smart Energy In The Smart City
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Author : Rocco Papa
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-05-05
Smart Energy In The Smart City written by Rocco Papa and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Business & Economics categories.
This book examines the energy dimension of the smart city from the perspective of urban planning, providing a complete overview that ranges from theoretical aspects to practical considerations and projects. In addition, it aims to illustrate how the concept of the smart city can enhance understanding of the urban system and foster new forms of management of the metropolis, including with respect to energy supply and use. Specifically, the book explores the different dimensions of the relationship between energy and the city, discusses methodological issues with a special focus on ontological approaches to sustainability, and describes practices, tools, and good examples of energy-related urban planning. The authors represent the main Italian research groups working in the field, Italy being an excellent example of a country exposed to energy problems due to, for example, vulnerability to climate change and lack of primary energy resources. This book will be valuable for students of urban planning, town planners, and researchers interested in understanding the changing nature of the city and the challenges posed by energy issues.
Metropolis 2000 Energy And Sustainability In European Cities
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Author : European Commission. Directorate-General for Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Metropolis 2000 Energy And Sustainability In European Cities written by European Commission. Directorate-General for Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Political Science categories.
Metropolis 2000
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Author : European Commission. Directorate-General for Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Metropolis 2000 written by European Commission. Directorate-General for Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Energy conservation categories.
Hearings And Reports On Atomic Energy
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Hearings And Reports On Atomic Energy written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Nuclear energy categories.
Green Metropolis
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Author : David Owen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-09-17
Green Metropolis written by David Owen and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-17 with Social Science categories.
Look out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes. A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future. Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water than other Americans. They live in smaller spaces, discard less trash, and, most important of all, spend far less time in automobiles. Residents of Manhattan—the most densely populated place in North America—rank first in public-transit use and last in percapita greenhouse-gas production, and they consume gasoline at a rate that the country as a whole hasn’t matched since the mid-1920s, when the most widely owned car in the United States was the Ford Model T. They are also among the only people in the United States for whom walking is still an important means of daily transportation. These achievements are not accidents. Spreading people thinly across the countryside may make them feel green, but it doesn’t reduce the damage they do to the environment. In fact, it increases the damage, while also making the problems they cause harder to see and to address. Owen contends that the environmental problem we face, at the current stage of our assault on the world’s nonrenewable resources, is not how to make teeming cities more like the pristine countryside. The problem is how to make other settled places more like Manhattan, whose residents presently come closer than any other Americans to meeting environmental goals that all of us, eventually, will have to come to terms with.
Energy Capitals
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Author : Joseph A. Pratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Energy Capitals written by Joseph A. Pratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
The contributors also view the environmental impact of energy industries and demonstrate how, in the depletion of reserves or a shift to new energy sources, regions have or have not been able to recover economically. The cities of Tampico, Mexico, and Port Gentil, Gabon, have seen their oil deposits exploited by international companies with little or nothing to show in return and at a high cost environmentally. At the opposite extreme, Houston, Texas, has witnessed great economic gain from its oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries. Its growth, however, has been tempered by the immense strain on infrastructure and the human transformation of the natural environment. In another scenario, Perth, Australia, Calgary, Alberta, and Stavanger, Norway have benefitted as the closest established cities with administrative and financial assets for energy production that was developed hundreds of miles away.
Modeling Metropolis
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Author : Alexis Marie Wheeler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Modeling Metropolis written by Alexis Marie Wheeler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
In China's current landscape the paradigm for urban development is the rapid creation of whole neighborhoods instead of the conventional piecemeal approach of creating individual buildings that gradually aggregate over time into neighborhoods. China's approach is complex and fast moving, and has resulted in the highly repetitive form of tower-in-park typology being applied throughout the country to develop new neighborhoods. This development strategy creates living environments that require households to adopt patterns of daily living that consume excessive resources and needlessly contribute to climate degradation by relying on mechanically controlled interior climates in neighborhoods requiring excessive dependence upon automobiles. This situation presents compelling opportunities for planners and designers to create a more energy efficient city form. What is required is an effective method of accurately predicting, during the design process, patterns of neighborhood energy consumption. This thesis presents guidelines for doing this. When partnered with the Energy Proforma© the guidelines can help make possible rapid yet highly energy efficient urban design and development at the neighborhood scale. Development of these guidelines drew upon the research of the Making the Clean Energy City in China Research Group led by Dennis Frenchman and Christopher Zegras. Other resources include literature describing previous approaches to neighborhood scale designs and guidelines, and an examination of current and emerging practices in the field of urban design and development. Finally, student projects are incorporated into the thesis and interwoven with the guidelines to illustrate the forms that potential developments might take.