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Post-networked cities : recombining infrastructural ecological and urban transitions

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Cities and Low Carbon Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined to examine how, why and with what implications cities bring about low carbon transitions. The book outlines the key concepts underpinning theories of socio-technical transition and assesses its potential strengths and limits for understanding the social and technological responses to climate change that are emerging in cities. It draws on a diverse range of examples including world cities, ordinary cities and transition towns, from North America, Europe, South Africa and China, to provide evidence that expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive socio-technical transitions are emerging in different urban contexts.

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hal-00625791 , version 1 (22-09-2011)

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Olivier Coutard, Jonathan Rutherford. Post-networked cities : recombining infrastructural ecological and urban transitions. BULKELEY H., CASTAN BROTO V., HODSON V. et al. Cities and low carbon transitions, Routledge, pp.107-125, 2010, Routledge Studies in Human Geography, 978-0415586979. ⟨hal-00625791⟩
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