Sustainable Cities and Energy Policies
Sustainable Cities and Energy Policies By:"Roberta Capello","Peter Nijkamp","Gerard Pepping" Published on 2012-12-06 by Springer Science & Business Media E-book Library:"Business & Economics" The aim of this book is to highlight the great potential of decentralized (i.e. local or urban) energy policies in achieving environmentally-benign developments for modern cities. Urban sustainability is placed in the context of the debate on global sustainable development. A wide array of policy initiatives is discussed and evaluated, ranging from market-based energy policies to technological innovation policies for the energy sector. A theoretical framework for technology adoption processes is developed and empirically tested. The main question addressed is: which are the critical success factors for successful urban energy policies? This question is also dealt with in a meta-analytic context by assessing and comparing the performance of energy pol...