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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN HISTORY,Vol.44,Issue5,P.887-929

语言

英文

关键字

petroleum; urban history; global flows of oil; Rotterdam; The Hague; CITY

作者单位

[Hein, Carola] Delft Univ Technol, Hist Architecture & Urban Planning Chair, Julianalaan 134, NL-2628 BL Delft, Netherlands. Hein, C (reprint author), Delft Univ Technol, Hist Architecture & Urban Planning Chair, Julianalaan 134, NL-2628 BL Delft, Netherlands. E-Mail: c.m.hein@tudelft.nl

摘要

Corporate and public actors have built the physical and financial flows of petroleum into the very landscape. This article identifies different layers of those flows physical, represented, and everyday practicesthat combine into a palimpsestic global petroleumscape. It posits that these layers historically became essential parts of modern society and of citizens' everyday lives. Resulting path dependencies and an energy culture help maintain the buildings and urban forms needed for physical and financial oil flows and celebrate oil as a heroic cultural agent, in a feedback loop that leads societies to consume more oil. Following a general analysis, the article uses the Rotterdam/The Hague area, part of the North West European petroleum hub, as a case study of this feedback loop. Only in appreciating the power and extent of oil can we engage with the complex emerging challenges of sustainable design, policy making, heritage, and future built environments beyond oil.