Post Carbon Cities: North American cities respond to peak oil

Daniel Lerch
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Daniel Lerch: Post Carbon Institute

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2009, vol. 71, issue 02, 184-199

Abstract: One of the effects of peak oil — the imminent historic maximum of global oil production — is an increase in uncertainty surrounding future petroleum prices and availability. This poses enormous challenges to cities throughout the industrialized world, as they are utterly dependent on the relative mass affordability near-immediate availability of petroleum products, especially as liquid fuel for transportation. Some communities in the United States and Canada have begun responding to this threat at the local government level, seeking to build local economic and social resilience ahead of national action.

Keywords: oil supply; local government; peak oil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q41 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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