Articulating Publicness in Infrastructure : The History of Municipal Streets, Water and Sanitation in Sweden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blomkvist, Pär.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanitation.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : IWA Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

This book offers a historical analysis of municipal streets, water, and sanitation in Sweden, using the concept of 'publicness' to explore their development. It challenges the assumption that these areas have always been public concerns and examines the evolution of these systems from pre-modern times to the present. The author, Pär Blomkvist, uses a comparative and long-term perspective to uncover similarities and differences in the development of these municipal systems, highlighting their impact on current management practices. The book is intended for scholars and professionals interested in urban history, public administration, and infrastructure development. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

About the author

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Chapter 1: Starting points

1.1 Investigating Publicness

1.2 The Alluring Legacy of Rome

1.3 Public and Private Goods

1.4 Purpose and Theoretical Inspiration

1.5 Methods used and Layout of the Book

1.5.1 Chapter layout

Chapter 2: General contextual factors in the history of municipal infrastructure

2.1 Local and Municipal Self-Governance

2.2 Urbanization, Demography, and Industrialization

2.3 The Municipal Reform of 1862

Chapter 3: Pre-modern and modern roads and streets

3.1 Public Roads

3.2 Civic Roads

3.3 Municipal Streets

3.4 Path Dependence in Roads and Streets

3.5 The Road and Street System Today

Chapter 4: Carriers of technology and publicness in roads and streets

4.1 System Builders and Technical Development

4.2 Systems Culture

Chapter 5: Pre-modern water and sanitation

5.1 Pre-Modern Drinking Water

5.2 Pre-Modern Sanitation

Chapter 6: Specific contextual factors in modern water and sanitation Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781789063998

178906399X

OCLC:

1401059871