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100			_aTroy, Austin _932349
245			_aVery hungry city: _burban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities / _cby Austim Troy
260			_bYale University Press, _c2012, _aNew Haven:
300			_axvii, 366 p.
505			_aIntroduction. Why Urban Energy Metabolism Matters-- Part 1. Why Cities Are Hungry: Chapter 1. The 68° City Interlude -- 1. The Big Picture on Rising Energy Prices; -- 2. The Very Thirsty City Interlude -- 2. Oil Depletion in the United States; -- 3. The Very Mobile City Interlude -- 3. Global Oil Depletion; -- 4. From Dirt Tracks to Interstates 89 Interlude -- 4. Tar Sands; -- 5. Transit Wars 117 Interlude -- 5. Coal; -- 2. Taming the Urban Appetite: -- 6. The Building Energy Diet Interlude-- 6. Natural Gas; -- 7. Smart Mobility Interlude -- 7. Biofuels-- 8. Reinventing Neighborhoods Interlude -- 8. Nuclear -- 9. The Very Regional City Interlude -- 9. Renewable Energy Generation -- 10. The Very Efficient City.
520			_aLooks at dozens of cities and suburbs in Europe and the United States - from Los Angeles to Copenhagen, Denver to the Swedish urban redevelopment project Hammarby Sjostad - to understand the diverse factors that affect their energy use: behaviour, climate, water supply, building quality, transportation, and others.
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