Convening Lead Author (CLA)
Arnulf Grubler (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria and Yale University, USA)
Lead Authors (LA)
Xuemei BAI (Australian National University)
Thomas Buettner (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
Shobhakar Dhakal (Global Carbon Project and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan)
David J. Fisk (Imperial College London, UK)
Toshiaki Ichinose (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
James E. Keirstead (Imperial College London, UK)
Gerd Sammer (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria)
David Satterthwaite (International Institute for Environment and Development, UK)
Niels B. Schulz (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria and Imperial College London, UK)
Nilay Shah (Imperial College London, UK)
Julia Steinberger (The Institute of Social Ecology, Austria and University of Leeds, UK)
Helga Weisz (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany)
Contributing Authors (CA) *including contributors to GEA City Energy Data Base
Gilbert Ahamer* (University of Graz, Austria)
Timothy Baynes* (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
Daniel Curtis* (Oxford University Centre for the Environment, UK)
Michael Doherty (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
Nick Eyre* (Oxford University Centre for the Environment, UK)
Junichi Fujino* (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
Keisuke Hanaki (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Mikiko Kainuma* (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
Shinji Kaneko (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Manfred Lenzen (University of Sydney, Australia)
Jacqui Meyers (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
Hitomi Nakanishi (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
Victoria Novikova* (Oxford University Centre for the Environment, UK)
Krishnan S. Rajan (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Seongwon Seo* (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
Ram M. Shrestha* (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)
Priyadarshi R. Shukla* (Indian Institute of Management)
Alice Sverdlik (International Institute for Environment and Development, UK)
Review Editor
Jayant Sathaye (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
18.1 Introduction
18.1.1 Preamble
18.1.1 Objectives And Approach
18.1.2 Roadmap
18.2 An Overview Of Urbanization
18.2.1 Overview Of Urbanization, Past And Scenario Trends
18.2.2 Urbanization Dynamics
18.2.3 Specifics Of Urban Energy Systems
18.2.4 City Walls And Urban Hinterlands: The Importance Of System Boundaries
18.3 Urban Energy Use
18.3.1 Current Urban Energy Use (Global And Regional)
18.3.2 Gea City Energy Data And Analysis
18.4 The Urban Energy Challenges
18.4.1 Energy Access And Housing For The Urban Poor
18.4.2 Energy Demand And Air Pollution Densities, Including Heat Island Effects
18.4.3 Supply Constraints, Including Reliability And Security
18.5 Urban Public And Private Sector Opportunities And Responses
18.5.1 Introduction
18.5.2 Drivers Of Urban Energy Use And Main Policy Leverages
18.5.3 Transportation Systems
18.5.4 Urban Energy Systems Planning, Design, And Implementation
18.5.5 Urban Air Quality Management
18.6 Summary And Conclusion
18.6.1 An Urbanizing World
18.6.2 Urban Energy Use
18.6.3 Facing The Challenges
18.6.4 Policy Leverages, Priorities, And Paradoxes
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