Post Carbon Cities

by Lerch, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780976751052
• ISBN10: 0976751054
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Post Carbon Inst

Summary

"Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty is a guidebook on peak oil and global warming for people who work with and for local governments in the United States and Canada. It provides a sober look at how these two phenomena are quickly creating new uncertainties and vulnerabilities for cities of all sizes, and explains what local decision-makers can do to address these challenges. Post Carbon Cities fills an important gap in the resources currently available to local government decision-makers on planning for the changing global energy and climate context of the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The End of Cheap Oil and Natural Gas	p. 7
Local Challenges, Local Advantages	p. 21
Responses to Energy and Climate Uncertainty	p. 37
Transitioning to the Post Carbon World	p. 59
Appendix	p. 69
Making a government statement on peak oil	p. 70
Establishing a peak oil task force	p. 73
Systems Thinking: A Tool for Municipalities	p. 79
Resources	p. 85
Endnotes	p. 91
Photo credits	p. 95
Index	p. 97
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