ABSTRACT

This book is about the ways Americans may live in the years ahead and the forms their cities, suburbs, towns, and rural areas may take in the light of changing patterns of energy supply and societal affluence. It is written for the ultimate energy policy maker–the private citizen.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|16 pages

Energy, Ideology, and Shortfall

chapter 2|27 pages

Elements of the American Future

chapter 3|22 pages

Alternative Energy Futures

chapter 4|22 pages

The Variability of Urban Form

chapter 5|21 pages

Energy: Shaper of Space

chapter 8|16 pages

The Emerging Solar Majority