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Hughes, Kristen.

The city as a community-based force for sustainability in energy systems.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The city as a community-based force for sustainability in energy systems.
Author:	Hughes, Kristen.
Description:	576 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: 3618.
Notes:	Adviser: John Byrne.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-09A.
Subject:	Political Science, General.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3373303
ISBN:	9781109393545

The city as a community-based force for sustainability in energy systems.
Hughes, Kristen.

The city as a community-based force for sustainability in energy systems. - 576 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: 3618.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2009.

The issues of climate change, aging power grids, fuel security, and volatile energy prices have forced attention to the need for a more sustainable energy future. This dissertation examines how meaningful and practical action for sustainability may be realized, via the efforts of communities and grassroots movements. Through case studies of three U.S. cities, urban change in electricity systems is assessed according to its relative embrace of sustainability-oriented criteria in energy-social relations, away from more traditional techno-economic criteria. Where change toward sustainability has occurred, an effort is then made to identify what community contexts may be driving or supporting such action, over time.

ISBN: 9781109393545Subjects--Topical Terms:

212408
Political Science, General.

The city as a community-based force for sustainability in energy systems.
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520 $a The findings show that urban energy change for greater ecological protection, democratic participation, and equitable socio-economic development is indeed acquiring a local context that appears capable of pioneering and maintaining a social commitment to sustainability over time. Significant are four community-based assets that work together in support of change, to include an engaged "civis" or citizenry, active political leadership, new or reformed institutions, and new policy directions. Also significant are the bottom-up, evolutionary, and multi-dimensional/multi-scale dynamics by which local actors approach the challenge of energy change. These findings suggest that, while full achievement of a sustainable energy future may require efforts from local to global scales, cities may be vital contributors as social incubators for progress in forging a popular commitment to change.
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