Gargiulo, Carmela and Russo, Laura (2017) Cities and Energy Consumption: a Critical Review. TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 10 (3). pp. 259-278. ISSN 1970-9870
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Abstract
The relationship between cities and energy consumption has been of great interest for the scientific community for over twenty years. Most of the energy consumption, indeed, occurs in cities because of the high concentration of human activities. Thus, cities are responsible for a big share of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2). However, the debate on this topic is still open, mainly because of the heterogeneity of published studies in the selection, definition and measurement of the urban features influencing energy consumption and CO2 emissions, as well as in the choice of the energy sectors to be considered, in the territorial scale of analysis, and in the geographical distribution of the sample. Therefore, the goal of this research is to systematize and compare the approach, methodology and results of the relevant literature on the relationship between cities and energy consumption over the last twenty years. Furthermore, this critical review identifies the knowledge gap between what is known and what is still under debate and, based on that, it proposes a conceptual framework that will help to outline a new direction for future research and support local policy makers in the definition of strategies and actions that can effectively reduce urban energy use and CO2 emissions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cities; energy consumption; CO2 emissions; compact city; sustainability |
| Subjects: | 700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) |
| Depositing User: | Rosa Anna La Rocca |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2018 10:51 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2018 10:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17031 |
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