Reviews
" The Very Hungry City is a readable analysis about why it makes sense to plan for our future now and that ''Smart Growth'' does not mean ''no growth''. At a time when energy and environmental issues are being hotly debated in Congress, the author uses economics to make the case for sustainable development and, hopefully, will inform policymakers now, when it counts."Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the EPA, "This…important book examines the energy flows…metabolism in a popular word…associated with contemporary cities and suburbs in the United States and Elsewhere. How energy is used in tempering building interiors and in transportation provides the framework for examining both environmental and economic effects."- Baltimore Ecosystem Study Director's Web Log, "I felt I had learned a lot about the reasons that energy utilization patterns in urban America are as wasteful and intense as they are. I've not seen another book like this."-Lawrence E. Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "How we build our cities and how we live in them is the key to addressing the central environmental challenges of our time. With compelling examples drawn from around the globe, Austin Troy's Very Hungry City shows by doing urban places right, we can not only curb our prodigious appetites-but at the same time enjoy a better quality of life."-Joseph Cortright, author of City Vitals, "Well organized and documented and reasonable in its assessments, the book is an informative introduction to energy issues in the US."-R.A. Beauregard, Choice, "How we build our cities and how we live in them is the key to addressing the central environmental challenges of our time. With compelling examples drawn from around the globe, Austin Troy'sVery Hungry Cityshows by doing urban places right, we can not only curb our prodigious appetitesbut at the same time enjoy a better quality of life."Joseph Cortright, author ofCity Vitals, " The Very Hungry City is a readable analysis about why it makes sense to plan for our future now and that 'Smart Growth' does not mean 'no growth'. At a time when energy and environmental issues are being hotly debated in Congress, the author uses economics to make the case for sustainable development and, hopefully, will inform policymakers now, when it counts."-Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the EPA, "Engagingly written and meticulously researched, The Very Hungry City is a must-read for those who are interested in how energy is currently used in our communities and how those communities can use less while actually improving the quality of life."-Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont, Won Honorable Mention in the 2012 New York Book Festival General Non-Fiction category, sponsored by the New York Book Festival, "Austin Troy delivers a fascinating-and chilling-look at our cities' dangerous dependence on an unpredictable world energy market. He shows why we need to break our addiction to cheap energy, and offers practical solutions on how to do it."-Arianna Huffington, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post, "I felt I had learned a lot about the reasons that energy utilization patterns in urban America are as wasteful and intense as they are. I''ve not seen another book like this."Lawrence E. Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Engagingly written and meticulously researched, The Very Hungry City is a must-read for those who are interested in how energy is currently used in our communities and how those communities can use less while actually improving the quality of life."Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont, "Just like its namesake, this book is a highly enjoyable and easy read that is perfectly pitched at its target audience and, despite his admission in the introduction, Troy certainly does not write like an academic struggling to communicate his work to a wider readership. Indeed, were it not for his central thesis, the book could be read as an interesting urban travelogue for those of us for whom the journey is just as important as the destination . . . Aside from its warmth and quality of writing, the great strengths of this book are the different ways in which Troy covers the main subject areas." -Keith Baker, "Austin Troy delivers a fascinatingand chillinglook at our cities'' dangerous dependence on an unpredictable world energy market. He shows why we need to break our addiction to cheap energy, and offers practical solutions on how to do it."Arianna Huffington, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post
