Pratt, Joseph A. (Editor)
Melosi, Martin V. (Editor)
Brosnan, Kathleen A. (Editor)
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 2014
Language: English
Fossil fuels propelled industries and nations into the modern age and continue to powerfully influence economies and politics today. As Energy Capitals demonstrates, the discovery and exploitation of fossil fuels has proven to be a mixed blessing in many of the cities and regions where it has occurred.With case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Africa, and Australia, this volume views a range of older and more recent energy capitals, contrasts their evolutions, and explores why some capitals were able to influence global trends in energy production and distribution while others failed to control even their own destinies. Chapters show how local and national politics, social structures, technological advantages, education systems, capital, infrastructure, labor force, supply and demand, and other factors have affected the ability of a region to develop and control its own fossil fuel reserves. The contributors also view the environmental impact of energy industries and demonstrate how, in the depletion of reserves or a shift to new energy sources, regions have or have not been able to recover economically.The cities of Tampico, Mexico, and Port Gentil, Gabon, have seen their oil deposits exploited by international companies with little or nothing to show in return and at a high cost environmentally. At the opposite extreme, Houston, Texas, has witnessed great economic gain from its oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries. Its growth, however, has been tempered by the immense strain on infrastructure and the human transformation of the natural environment. In another scenario, Perth, Australia, Calgary, Alberta, and Stavanger, Norway have benefitted as the closest established cities with administrative and financial assets for energy production that was developed hundreds of miles away.Whether coal, oil, or natural gas, the essays offer important lessons learned over time and future considerations for the best ways to capture the benefits of energy development while limiting the cost to local populations and environments.
...MoreReview Daniel A. Barber (April 2018) Review of "Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence". Environmental History (pp. 431-432).
Review Anthony N. Stranges (2014) Review of "Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 185-187).
Review Anthony N. Stranges (2014) Review of "Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 185-187).
Review Harold L. Platt (2015) Review of "Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence". Journal of American History (pp. 1245-1245).
Chapter Matthew N. Eisler (2014) At Arm’s Length: Energy and the Construction of a Peripheral Prairie Petrometropolis. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 111-126).
Chapter Craig E. Colten (2014) Making a Lemon Out of Lemonade: Louisiana’s Petrochemical Corridor. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 58-76).
Chapter Gunnar Nerheim (2014) Oil Shocks in an Oil City: The View from Stavanger, Norway, 1973–2008. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 127-143).
Chapter Jenny Gregory (2014) Scoping Perth as an Energy Capital. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 95-110).
Chapter Douglas A. Yates (2014) Port-Gentil: From Forestry Capital to Energy Capital. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 159-180).
Chapter Joel A. Tarr; Karen Clay (2014) Pittsburgh as an Energy Capital: Perspectives on Coal and Natural Gas Transitions and the Environment. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 5-29).
Chapter Martin V. Melosi; Joseph A. Pratt (2014) The Energy Capital of the World? Oil-Led Development in Twentieth-Century Houston. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 30-57).
Chapter Sarah S. Elkind (2014) Los Angeles, the Energy Capital of Southern California. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 77-92).
Chapter Myrna Santiago (2014) Tampico, Mexico: The Rise and Decline of an Energy Metropolis. In: Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (pp. 147-158).
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