Sustaining Urban Networks: The Social Diffusion of Large Technical SystemsOlivier Coutard, Richard Eugene Hanley, Rae Zimmerman Considering sustainability in its economic, environmental and social contexts, the contributors take stock of previous research on large technical systems and discuss their sustainability from three main perspectives: uses, cities, and rules and institutions. |
Contents
The Rise of Technological | 15 |
CHAPTER THREE Urban Space and the Development | 48 |
PART II | 65 |
User | 86 |
The Social Construction of | 103 |
CHAPTER SEVEN The Diffusion of Information | 117 |
The Imperative | 135 |
CHAPTER NINE Conflicts and the Rise of Users Participation | 151 |
CHAPTER TEN Reforming the Municipal Water Supply | 172 |
AFTERWORD After Words | 231 |
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