Energy and the urban crisis

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6438143

Cose, E

The nation is in the grips of an energy problem, an urban problem, and an economic problem. Taken separately, each problem poses many questions and issues of enormous complexity. Taken together, they pose a challenge of crisis proportions. It is the convergence of these three problems that frustrates best efforts to find solutions. Race and class considerations only make matters worse. This study examines this befuddling convergence of problems, paying particular attention to its implications for low-income and minority people, who are concentrated in urban communities. Chapter One examines energy shortages and rising prices. Chapter Two examines the demographic shifts. The remainder of the book is devoted to analyzing how these two phenomena interact with one another, as well as examining a number of related issues. The development of renewable energy sources may not be adaptive to urban dwellers. Such is the case with solar energy development, so those who favor environmentally beneficial technologies may find themselves on a collision course with city dwellers, largely those who are unable to pick up and go as they please. The debate over energy policy is really a debate over the emerging shape of society. Unless groundwork is laid cautiously, there may be divisive confrontations over issues much more encompassing than whether natural gas deregulation will or will not generate more jobs. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 6438143
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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