Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Why Urban Energy Metabolism Matters -- Part 1. Why Cities Are Hungry -- CHAPTER 1. The 68° City -- INTERLUDE #1. The Big Picture on Rising Energy Prices -- CHAPTER 2. The Very Thirsty City -- INTERLUDE #2. Oil Depletion in the United States -- CHAPTER 3. The Very Mobile City -- INTERLUDE #3. Global Oil Depletion -- CHAPTER 4. From Dirt Tracks to Interstates -- INTERLUDE #4. Tar Sands -- CHAPTER 5. Transit Wars -- INTERLUDE #5. Coal -- Part 2. Taming the Urban Appetite -- CHAPTER 6. The Building Energy Diet -- INTERLUDE #6. Natural Gas -- CHAPTER 7. Smart Mobility -- INTERLUDE #7. Biofuels -- CHAPTER 8. Reinventing Neighborhoods -- INTERLUDE #8. Nuclear -- CHAPTER 9. The Very Regional City -- INTERLUDE #9. Renewable Energy Generation -- CHAPTER 10. The Very Efficient City -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.