Introduction: Cities and Energies in Western Europe – Scales, Actors and Social Experiments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction: Cities and Energies in Western Europe – Scales, Actors and Social Experiments 1
5. Part I: The Scales of City-Energy Nexus in Europe
6. Introduction 27
7. Chapter 1 Inhabitants’ and Architects’ Perspectives on High Energy Performance Buildings 29
8. Chapter 2 Schools as Spaces for Inculcating Norms of Energy-Saving Behavior in the Northwestern Countries of the European Union 51
9. Chapter 3 European Strategy to Local Energy Systems: Infrastructure and Territorial Cohesion Challenges in France and Italy 79
10. Part II: Key Actors and Interplays in City-Energy Nexus
11. Introduction 103
12. Chapter 4 A Franco-German Perspective on Energy Transition Around Wind Projects: Social Sciences Views 105
13. Chapter 5 From EU Directives to Local Energy Poverty Schemes 131
14. Chapter 6 Smart Meter Deployment: Navigating French Territorial Uncertainties 153
15. Part III: Local Experimentations at the City-Energy Nexus
16. Introduction 179
17. Chapter 7 Orchestrating Deep Geothermal Energy Policy. The Exploitation of the Dogger Aquifer in the Paris Basin (1950–1990) 181
18. Chapter 8 Local Energy Transitions: The Role of Socio-Technical Niches 207
19. Chapter 9 Energy Transition – More Than Solar Plants and Grids 227
20. Conclusions and Outlook 255
21. Bibliography 263
22. List of Contributors 297
23. Index 301