Cities and Energy Transitions

By Minna Sunikka-Blank

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Cities and Energy Transitions
Year
2021
Publisher
The British Academy
ISBN
978-0-85672-672-9
Number of pages
12

In the coming decades, 90% of urbanisation will take place in the developing world. It is estimated that in 2030, 40% of the world population will live in informal settlements, needing access to adequate housing and energy infrastructure. Energy transition is an opportunity to rethink the city and to include previously unacknowledged groups, such as informal settlement dwellers, in decision-making.

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