Infrastructures in Practice: The Dynamics of Demand in Networked Societies

ISBN-13: 9781138476165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 236 str.

Elizabeth Shove; Frank Trentmann

Opis

Infrastructures in practice shows how infrastructures and daily life shape each other. Power grids, roads and broadband make modern lifestyles possible - at the same time, their design and day-to-day operation depends on what people do at home and at work.

Spis treści

Part I: Evolving Infrastructures  1. Introduction, Elizabeth Shove, Frank Trentmann and Matt Watson  2. Infrastructures, Practices and the Dynamics of Demand, Olivier Coutard and Elizabeth Shove  Part II: Varieties of Infrastructures  3. Wires, Conor Harrison  4. Situating Electrification: Examples of Infrastructure-Practice Dynamics from Thailand and Laos, Mattijs Smits  5. Chopping, Stacking and Burning Wood: Rhythms and Variations in Provision, Jenny Rinkinen  6. Self-Sufficiency in Architectural and Urban Projects: Toward Small-Pipe Engineering?, Fanny Lopez  Part III: Standards, Planning, Adaptation  7. The Office: How Standards Define ‘Normal’ Design Practices and Work Infrastructures, Noel Cass, James Faulconbridge and John Connaughton,  8. The Construction of Central Heating in Britain, Anna Carlsson-Hyslop  9. District Heating in Belgrade: The Politics of Provision, Charlotte Johnson  10. Unleashing the Internet: The Normalisation of Wireless Connectivity, Janine Morley  11. Making Space for the Car at Home: Planning, Priorities and Practices, Nicola Spurling  Part IV: Drawing Boundaries and Managing Networks: State, Market and Designers  12. Contentious Interfaces: Exploring the Junction between Collective Provision and Individual Consumption, Catherine Grandclément, Magali Pierre, Elizabeth Shove and Alain Nadaï  13. The French Electricity Smart Meter: Reconfiguring Consumers and Providers, Aude Danieli  Part V: Steering, Managing and Disrupting Demand  14. Co-Constituting Supply and Demand: Managing Electricity in Two Neighbouring Control Rooms, Antti Silvast  15. Prices as Instruments of Demand Management: Interpreting the Signals, Yolande Strengers  16. Disruption in and across Time, Heather Chappells and Frank Trentmann, 17. Infrastructures in Practice: Implications for the Future, Elizabeth Shove, Matt Watson and Frank Trentmann