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Shocking the Suburbs : Oil Vulnerability in the Australian City.
Petrol prices have risen to historic highs, disrupting western economies and stretching household budgets. Australia's overwhelming reliance on the private motor car for urban mobility makes our cities among the most oil-dependent in the world, and to date there has been little analysis of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney :
University of NSW Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Briefings.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Petrol prices have risen to historic highs, disrupting western economies and stretching household budgets. Australia's overwhelming reliance on the private motor car for urban mobility makes our cities among the most oil-dependent in the world, and to date there has been little analysis of the potential social, economic and political impacts of rising fuel costs on our cities. Shocking the Suburbs considers current urban transport problems, and identifies how new planning strategies and broader public policy can address oil vulnerability. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (95 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781742230665 1742230660 1921410329 9781921410321 |