The aim of this book is to highlight the great potential of decentralized (ie local or urban)
energy policies in achieving environmentally-benign developments for modern cities. Urban …

Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three
quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use and resulting environmental …

Cities are at the forefront of efforts to combat climate change and in this paper, we examine
the influence of urban energy governance on these policy goals. An innovative framework …

It is widely recognised that access to and supply of modern energy play a key role in poverty
alleviation and sustainable development. The emerging concept of energisation seems to …

The role of the city in environmental management is increasingly coming to the fore. A
central element in creating urban environmental sustainability is the adoption of appropriate …

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the
accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task. Planners and policy …

More than half of the world population live in urban settlements which are responsible for a
large share of energy consumption and, consequently, carbon emissions. The transition …

The implementation of national renewable energy targets requires policies at the local level.
Communities are considered as key arenas of transforming policies into actions, where …

Renewable energy remains an underutilised resource within urban environments. This
study examines the ongoing German Energiewende (energy transition) as an example of …

Cities are responsible for over 75% of the total amount of global greenhouse gas emissions.
They are also home to the majority of the Earth's population. Ambitious climate mitigation …