Intermediaries
Publications
The project team is publishing key papers on intermediaries and urban infrastructures from within and beyond the EU-funded project in the following:
Simon Guy, Simon Marvin, Will Medd and Timothy Moss (Editors):
Shaping Urban Infrastructures. Intermediaries and the Governance of Socio-Technical Networks
Earthscan, London (forthcoming)
therein:
Moss, Timothy: Intermediaries and the governance of urban infrastructures in transition
Moss, Timothy: Intermediaries and the governance of sociotechnical networks. In: Environment and Planning A, 2009, 41(6), S.1480-1495
Moss, Timothy; Guy, Simon; Marvin, Simon; Medd, Will: Organising Water: The Hidden Role of Intermediary Work. In: Water Alternatives, Vol.2 (2009), No.1, pp.16-33
Moss, Timothy: Intermediäre Organisationen und die Governance stadttechnischer Infrastruktursysteme im Wandel. In: Heiderose Kilper (Hg.): Governance und Raum (forthcoming)
Moss, Timothy; von Schlippenbach, Ulrike: The intermediation of water expertise in a post-privatization context. In: Simon Guy, Simon Marvin, Will Medd, Timothy Moss (eds.): Shaping Urban Infrastructure. Intermediaries and the governance of socio-technical networks (forthcoming)
Click here for the executive summary and the final detailed report of the Intermediaries project
This synergy report summarises the principal findings from an inventory
of 113 intermediary organisations of water management in seven European
countries:
Making
senses of diversity
The following report is a product of Work Package 5 which quantitatively
assesses selected intermediaries in the seven case study regions:
Statistical
Analysis of Questionnaire Data
A survey of first findings and the progress of the project provides
the following powerpoint presentation:
Intermediaries
and the pursuit of EU policy objectives
The following working papers have been produced as result of work package 1. They present a first overview including a comparative report of the current status of water market privatisation and liberalisation in the Accession States of the European Union and can be downloaded:
| Comparative
Report |
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|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Czech Republic | Cyprus |
| Estonia | Hungary | Latvia |
| Lithuania | Malta | Poland |
| Romania | Slovakia | Slovenia |
| Turkey | ||
Selection of publications of project members related to infrastructure management:
- Guy, Simon ; Marvin, Simon ; Moss, Timothy:
Urban Infrastructure in Transition. Networks, Buildings, Plans
London : Earthscan Publications Limited, 2001. - 224 pages ; 18.95
ISBN: 1 85383 689 3Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focussing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, Urban Infrastructure in Transition examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in Europe, pressures that stem from a wide range of sources such as liberalization and privatization of markets, tighter environmental standards, new economic incentives, competing technologies and changing consumption patterns.
This book shows how changes in the management of utility services can contribute to achieving greater sustainability in urban regions. Whilst more efficient technology has part to play, truly significant improvements in quality of life will be delivered only when the flow of material and energy through cities is focussed on the goal of sustainability in each local context. -
Graham, S. and Marvin, S.: Splintering Urbanism: Infrastructure, Technology and Contemporary Cities, Routledge (in press), 2001
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Moss, T.: Solving Problems of Fit at the Expense of Problems of Interplay? The Spatial Reorganisation of Water Management following the EU Water Framework Directive. Discussion paper, 2001
recently updated:
Moss, Timothy: Solving Problems of 'Fit' at the Expense of Problems of 'Interplay'? The Spatial Reorganisation of Water Management following the EU Water Framework Directive. In: Heiko Breit, Anita Engels, Timothy Moss, Markus Troja (Hg.): How Institutions Change. Perspectives on Social Learning in Global and Local Environmental Contexts. Leske + Budrich, Opladen, 2003, S.85-121 -
Guy, S. and Shove, E.: A Sociology of Energy, Buildings and the Environment: Constructing Knowledge, Designing Practice, Routledge, London, 2000
- Marvin, S., Graham, S. and Guy, S.: Privatised Networks, Cities and Regions in the UK, Progress in Planning,Vol.51, Part 2, pp.89-165, 1999
