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Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2010
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- Title
- Shaping Urban Infrastructures: Intermediaries and the Governance of Socio-Technical Networks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1849710686
- ISBN 13
- 9781849710688
Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc. are moved efficiently from producer to user, and that waste is removed. The urgent need to make the way that these services are provided more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable means that these systems are in a state of transition; from centralized to decentralized energy; from passive to smart infrastructure; from toll-free to road pricing. Such transitions are widely studied in the context of the influence of service providers, users, and regulators.
Until now, however, relatively little attention has been given to the growing role of intermediaries in these systems. These consist of institutions and organizations acting in-between production and consumption, for example; NGOs who develop green energy labelling schemes in collaboration with producers and regulators to guide the user; consultants who advise businesses on how to save resources; and travel agents who match users with providers. Such intermediaries are in a position to shape the direction that technological transitions take, and ultimately the sustainability of urban networks.
This book presents the first authoritative collection of research and analysis of the intermediaries that underpin the transitions that are taking place within urban infrastructures, showing how intermediaries emerge, the role that they play in key sectors - including energy, water, waste and building - and what impact they have on the governance of urban socio-technical networks.
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About the Author
Simon Guy is Professor and Director of Manchester Architecture Research Centre (MARC) at The University of Manchester, UK.
Simon Marvin is Professor and Co-Director at the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UK.
Will Medd is a Lecturer in Human Geography, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK.
Timothy Moss is Deputy Director at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Erkner, Germany.
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