Infrastructural ecologies : alternative development models for emerging economies

Infrastructural ecologies : alternative development models for emerging economies / Hillary Brown and Byron Stigge.

Of Case Study Infrastructural EcologiesNotes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Acronyms; Glossary; Recommended Readings; Index.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, Hillary (Author), Stigge, Byron (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Infrastructure (Economics) > Developing countries.
Infrastructure (Economics) > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Infrastructure (Economics)
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Closing the Infrastructure Gap; Learning from Caracol, Haiti; The Promise of Infrastructural Ecology; The Roots of the Infrastructure Gap; Infrastructural Ecology: Why and How; Industrial Symbiosis as a Model for Infrastructural Ecology: Two Examples; The Organization of This Book: The Five Objectives of Infrastructural Ecology; Imperatives for Infrastructural Ecologies; 2. Solving for Pattern: From Interconnected to Symbiotic Systems; Preindustrial Ingenuity: Multifunctional River Crossings and Agro-Infrastructure.
  • Simple Integration: Colocated SystemsCommensalist Associations; Reciprocity across Service Sectors; Integrating Multiple Systems: Toward a Circular Economy; Forward Thinking; 3. The Soft Path: Aligning Water Infrastructure with Natural Systems; Multiple-Use Water Systems; Capture and Storage for Water Sufficiency; Green Infrastructure at Work in Emerging Economies; Water Reuse and Nutrient Recovery: Sustainable Imperatives for the Anthropocene; Heading Down the Soft Path; 4. Post-Carbon Infrastructure: Power, Heat, and Transport; Emerging Economies and the Carbon Challenge.
  • Alternative Power ProductionAlternative Heat Production; Managing Waste for Energy; Decarbonizing Transportation; Low-Carbon Paths Forward; 5. Climate-Adaptive Infrastructure: Responding to Changing Conditions; Coastal Protection and Adaptation: Hard and Soft Strategies; Inland Adaptations; Cross-Sector Solutions for Water Security; Looking Ahead: Climate and Infrastructural Ecologies; 6. Infrastructural Coproduction: Inclusionary and Participatory Development; Decentralization and Community-Based Participation: Moving beyond Tokenism; Partnering for Service Provision.
  • Entrepreneurship and Comprehensive Citizen ControlStepping Up the Ladder; 7. Implementing Infrastructural Ecologies: Improving the Odds; "How Are We Going to Pay for That?"; "Too Slow and Not Our Scope"; "That's Not How We Do It Here"; "Will the Next Administration Support This?"; Ways Forward; 8. Putting the Five Objectives into Practice; Objective 1: Relational Solutions; Objective 2: Ecological Alignments; Objective 3: Low-Carbon Processes; Objective 4: Resilient Constructions; Objective 5: Codevelopment; Haiti Redux: A "Future-Proof" Vision?; Conclusion.

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