1. Introduction -- 2. Linking utilities and users -- 3. Infrastructural change and sustainable consumption -- 4. Differentiation and choice in water, electricity and waste services -- 5. Shifting scales and the co-production of green grids -- 6. New modes of 'sustainable' provision -- 7. Restructuring demand and efficiency -- 8. Systems of provision and innovation
Summary
For many years a uniform and uncontested picture of utility system organization has endured across Europe. Provider and consumer roles have been largely taken for granted and consumers have had little choice but to use the infrastructure of the only network provider available. Recent transformations have challenged this model. This book examines the ongoing environmental restructuring of consumption and provision in energy water and waste systems. In accounting for the distinctive environmental qualities technical features and institutional dynamics of utility systems this book challenges cont
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-126) and index
Notes
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Print version record
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
