Urban Infrastructure in Transition: Networks, Buildings, PlansSimon Guy, Simon Marvin, Timothy Moss Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in Europe, pressures that stem from a wide range of sources such as liberalization and privatization of markets, tighter environmental standards, new economic incentives, competing technologies and changing consumption patterns. The authors show how changes in the management of utility services can contribute to achieving greater sustainability in urban regions. Whilst more efficient technology has a part to play, truly significant improvements in quality of life will be delivered only when the flow of material and energy through cities is focused on the goal of sustainability in each local context. |
Contents
Simon Guy and Simon Marvin | 22 |
RECONFIGURING NETWORKS | 39 |
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Urban Infrastructure in Transition: Networks, Buildings and Plans Timothy Moss,Simon Marvin Limited preview - 2016 |
Urban Infrastructure in Transition: Networks, Buildings and Plans Timothy Moss,Simon Marvin Limited preview - 2016 |
Urban Infrastructure in Transition: Networks, Buildings, Plans Simon Guy,Simon Marvin,Timothy Moss No preview available - 2001 |
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actor groups Agenda 21 Albertslund approach areas Berlin region borough central Centre commercial companies complex concept construction consumption context Copenhagen costs customers debate demand demand side management Denmark district heating drought Eco-Centre ecological economic electricity electricity networks energy efficiency energy flows Environment environmental innovation environmental policy existing focus green building green design green technologies groundwater heating Hillerød Horse Stables Block house owners impact implementation infiltration trenches infrastructure management infrastructure networks infrastructure systems interest involved issues Köpenick LA21 groups LA21 initiatives logic MANWEB Marvin ment municipality network management Neukölln pathways percolation planners planning reconfiguration reduce regulation resource retention basins role Roskilde sector sewage treatment shaping shifts Simon Guy Skotteparken social organization socio-technical solutions spatial storm water strategies structures sustainable city sustainable development sustainable flow management technical networks TERC tion urban infrastructure urban regions users utility services waste Yorkshire Water