Shaping Urban Infrastructures : Intermediaries and the Governance of Socio-Technical Networks (Paperback)

List of Figures and Tables About the Contributors Preface 1. Intermediaries and the Reconfiguration of Urban Infrastructures - An Introduction Part I: Conceptual Framework: Governance, Transitions and Cities Introduction 2. Intermediaries and the Governance of Urban Infrastructures in Transition 3. Systemic Intermediaries and Transition Processes 4. Cities Mediating Technological Transitions Part II: Intermediaries in Network Transitions Introduction 5. Constructing Markets for Green Electricity: the 'Soft Power' of Intermediaries in Transforming Energy Systems 6. An Intermediary and Policy Implementation: Translating the EU Urban Wastewater Directive 7. The Intermediation of Water Expertise in a Post-privatization Context 8. Mobility, Markets and 'Hidden' Intermediation: Aviation and Frequent Flying Part III: Intermediaries and Scalar Transitions Introduction 9. Strategic Intermediation: Between Regional Strategy and Local Practice 10. Re-interpreting Regulations: Architects as Intermediaries for Zero Carbon Buildings 11. Smart Meters as Obligatory Intermediaries: Re-constructing Environmental Action 12. Bridging the Recovery Gap 13. Conclusions: The Transformative Power of Intermediaries