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Infrastructural ecologies : alternative development models for emerging economies / Hillary Brown and Byron Stigge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Hillary, author.
- Stigge, Byron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infrastructure (Economics)--Developing countries.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- Infrastructure (Economics)--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- 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.
- An integrated, holistic model for infrastructure planning and design in developing countries.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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 Systems
- Commensalist 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 Production
- Alternative 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 Control.
- Stepping 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
- Summary of Case Study Infrastructural Ecologies
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Acronyms
- Glossary
- Recommended Readings
- Index.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-34070-4
- 0-262-34069-0
- OCLC:
- 990778071
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