The energy and carbon footprints of urban housing and transport: current trends and future prospects

摘要: This chapter examines prospects for a decarbonisation of Australia's built environment and, in particular, its two largest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: housing and transport. Australian cities are responsible at least two-thirds the nation's GHG emissions which average 26 tonnes per person year, nearly double OECD . Now acknowledged from scientific perspective as catalyst anthropogenic (i.e. human induced) global warming climate change, signatures associated with all classes products activities under increasing scrutiny. Carbon is new 21st century performance metric linked inextricably many sources energy now available drive economic, social urban development. Surprisingly, no appears extensive set indicators featured State Cities 2011 report. In context city planning practice elsewhere, 'what gets measured managed'. cities, approximately one-fifth end use consumption can be directly attributed domestic transport-and-housing-centred activities. Further result materials used construction buildings infrastructure, goods services consumed by households. As such they constitute significant targets sectoral programs directed efficiency reduction. For some time now, have been seen both source major environmental problems well holding potential address these challenges. What outcomes do we want sectors more generally? How going get there? Where it best intervene? past present policy settings made an impact? key factors that generation environment.