6. History
of
CiEes
and
Energy
Intensity
• ‘culture
advances
as
the
amount
of
energy
harnessed
per
capita
per
year
increases,
or
as
the
efficiency
or
economy
of
the
means
of
controlling
energy
is
increased,
or
both.’
•
White,
L.
A.
(1959)
The
EvoluEon
of
Culture:
The
Development
of
CivilizaEon
to
the
Fall
of
Rome.
New
York:
McGraw-‐Hill.
9. ...the
world
has
never
faced
a
problem
like
this.
Without
massive
miEgaEon
more
than
a
decade
before
the
fact,
the
problem
will
be
pervasive
and
will
not
be
temporary.
Pre-‐
vious
energy
transiEons
were
gradual
and
evoluEonary.
Oil
peaking
will
be
abrupt
and
revoluEonary.
R.
Hirsch,
R.
Bezdek,
and
R.
Wendling,
Peaking
of
World
Oil
ProducEon:
Impacts,
MiEgaEon,
and
Risk
Management
(Oakton,
VA:
U.S.
Department
of
Energy,
NaEonal
Energy
Technology
Laboratory,
2005).
QuotaEon
from
page
64.
15. Might
Sprawl
End
up
Being
an
advantage?
• “Suburban
sprawl”
in
fact
gives
us
an
advantage.
Detached
houses
are
easy
to
retrofit,
and
the
space
around
them
allows
for
solar
access
and
space
for
food
producEon.
A
water
supply
is
already
in
place,
our
pampered,
unproducEve
ornamental
gardens
have
ferEle
soils
and
ready
access
to
nutrients,
and
we
live
in
ideal
areas
with
mild
climates,
access
to
the
sea,
the
city,
and
inland
country.”
•
D.
Holmgren,
“Retrofifng
the
Suburbs
for
Sustainability,”
CSIRO
Sustainability
Network
(March
30,
2005)
,hhp://
www.energybulleEn.net/5104.html.
Accessed
March
20,
2007.
QuotaEon
from
page
9.
16. Problems
• Denial:
“There
is
sEll
almost
no
admission
that
effecEve
acEon
to
halt
global
warming
will
mean
pufng
the
global
economy
into
sharp
reverse
and
that
peak
oil
will
in
any
case
have
the
same
effect.
“
Atkinson
2010
• More
of
the
same:
neoliberalised
global
capitalism
• AssumpEon
that
the
problems
are
‘technical’
and
not
(geo)poliEcal:
Or
assumpEon
that
capitalist
technological
innovaEon
will
simply
sustain
new
economic
sectors
based
on
green
energy
to
address
the
problem
17. ?
SoluEons
• EcolocalisaEon:
TransiEon
Towns
Movement
• hhp://
www.transiEon
network.org/
But
voluntarisEc
and
small,
affluent,
eco-‐
aware
minoriEes.
Tend
not
to
address
big
ciEes
or
mass
populaEons
18. • Take
the
Threat
Seriously—Create
Peak-‐Oil
Strategies
• Plan
and
Build
CiEes
with
Reduced
Car
Dependence
(but
what
about
retrofi,ng?)
• Rebuild
Peri-‐Urban
Agricultures
• Facilitate
Localism
• Regulate
for
the
Post-‐Oil
TransiEon
• Prepare
Risk
Management
Scenarios
for
the
Future
19. Assessment
Recap
•
Assessment
•
Semester 1 Submission: (On Turnitin): by 12 noon 10th January 2012
•
A 3000 word essay, as follows.
•
Jon Coaffee and David Murakami Wood (2007) argue that global
urbanization means that “security is becoming more civic, urban, domestic
and personal: security is coming home.” Discuss this statement and
illustrate your essay with examples. In your conclusions, explore some of
the implications of your discussion for the governance and planning of
cities.
•
Reference: Coaffee, J. and Murakami Wood, D. (2007), “The Global Urban
Response to Terrorist Risk Security is Coming Home: Rethinking Scale and
Constructing Resilience,” International Relations 20: 503
20. Semester
2
• An 3000 word assessed essay (80% of Sem. 2
assessment ) designed to assess student’s ability to
undertake and present research which engages with
theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant materials in a
sophisticated and critical manner (words)
• An individual presentation (20% of semester 2
assessment) designed to assess student’s ability to
present research which engages with theoretical,
empirical and policy-relevant materials in a sophisticated
and critical manner
• Seminars in two parts: 1. Case studies: Start of semester
from Graduate Students and a few other colleagues
• 2. You!
