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Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) by Joseph A. Pratt, Martin V. Melosi, Kathleen A. Brosnan, Joseph A. Pratt, Martin V. Melosi, Kathleen A. Brosnan is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) about?
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 o
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Joseph A. Pratt, Martin V. Melosi, Kathleen A. Brosnan, Joseph A. Pratt, Martin V. Melosi, Kathleen A. Brosnan
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822962663
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Economics, Management
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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