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Title: Self-reliant cities: energy and the transformation of urban America

Abstract

An urban strategist looks at the patterns of urban energy use through history and offers a blueprint for urban survival in a resource-conscious age. Morris follows the evolution of American cities from self-sufficient frontier villages to compact city cores, which vanished when the automobile created suburban towns without centers, separated home from workplace, and removed the production of goods from their consumption. Transmission of electricity at nominal cost brought energy across increasing distances for energy-hungry consumers. Since the 1973 oil embargo, communities have faced the twin problems of rising energy costs and deepening resource shortages. Morris envisions a near-future city where production and consumption are closely linked and where the wastes of one process are the raw materials of another. 87 references, 4 figures, 3 tables.

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OSTI Identifier:
5620517
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMAN FACTORS; PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; URBAN AREAS; ENERGY POLICY; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; ENERGY SOURCES; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; 290200* - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology; 299000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation; 290400 - Energy Planning & Policy- Energy Resources

Citation Formats

Morris, D. Self-reliant cities: energy and the transformation of urban America. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Morris, D. Self-reliant cities: energy and the transformation of urban America. United States.
Morris, D. 1982. "Self-reliant cities: energy and the transformation of urban America". United States.
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