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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dodson, Jago
Otros Autores: Sipe, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : University of NSW Press, 2008.
Colección:Briefings.
Temas:
Transportation > Australia.
City planning > Australia.
Automobiles > Australia > Fuel consumption.
Petroleum products > Prices > Australia.
Automobiles > Australie > Carburants > Consommation.
Produits pétroliers > Prix > Australie.
Transport > Australie.
Automobiles > Fuel consumption
City planning
Petroleum products > Prices
Transportation
Australia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; An unfamiliar world; Solving housing problems by creating suburbs; Towards uneasy oil; Shocking the city: Higher fuel and housing costs in the suburbs; Oil and politics:The impact of rising fuel costs on suburban constituencies; Oil-proofing Australian cities:Transport and planning solutions to oil vulnerability; Aftershocks: Facing the challenge of oil vulnerability in Australia's cities; Acknowledgments; Notes.

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