Urban energy systems have been commonly considered to be socio-technical systems
within the boundaries of an urban area. However, recent literature challenges this notion in …

As cities are the locus of the majority of global energy use, attention is increasingly being
directed toward what can be done to improve the sustainability of urban energy systems …

Sustainable urban environments are vital for the well-being and prosperity of cities and their
residents. This research explores the interconnections between development, health, and …

Recently, there has been an increasing effort to promote energy efficiency, using renewable
energies and electric mobility to achieve a more sustainable future and even carbon …

Many cities publish climate change mitigation strategies and other policy measures to
support the wide spread uptake of Electric Vehicles (EVs). This paper investigates the …

Cities as large centres of energy demand and population are important spatially and
materially in a renewable energy transition. This study draws on available literature on …

Urban Energy Transition, second edition, is the definitive science and practice-based
compendium of energy transformations in the global urban system. This volume is a timely …

In a growing debate about the smart city, considerations of the ways in which urban
infrastructures and their materialities are being reconfigured and contested remain in the …

BACKGROUND The current unprecedented rates of urbanization have followed a seemingly
unlimited and easily accessible supply of energy. Yet, energy is most often produced …

Despite long-standing pleas for interdisciplinarity and a more significant role of social
sciences and humanities [1], energy research (ER) largely remains the remit of hard …