Week 6: Energy in the City, Concepts of Time and Place

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Samantha MacBride

Reference Challenge:  “Energy in Context.” What is a lot of energy, what is a little, and how do watts, joules, and calories relate to each other?  Present a useful reference graphic to help us understand energy metrics.

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Zimmerman, Rae, and Craig Faris. “Infrastructure impacts and adaptation challenges.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1196.1 (2010): 63-86.

New York City Energy Policy: An Electricity Resource Roadmap Prepared by the New York City Energy Policy Task Force January 2004 www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/energy_task_force.pdf

Marritz, Ilya. “Four Storms in Quick Succession Expose the Flaws in New York City’s Electrical System”, WNYC News, Friday, January 11, 2013 http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2013/jan/11/four-storms-quick-succession-expose-flaws-new-york-citys-electrical-system/

 

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Abt, Clark C. “The Future of Energy from the Perspective of the Social Sciences.” What the Future Holds: Insights from Social Science. Ed. Richard N. Cooper and Richard Layard. MIT Press, 2003. e-reserves

 

Lynch, Kevin. “Ch. 1: Cities Performing,” in What Time is this Place?. MIT Press, 1976. 2-28. e-reserves.

Lynch, Kevin. “Ch. 4: The Future Preserved,” in What Time is this Place?. MIT Press, 1976. 90-116. e-reserves.

Lynch, Kevin. “Ch. 9: Environmental Change and Social Change,” in What Time is this Place?. MIT Press, 1976. 215-222.  e-reserves.

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