"Providing a comprehensive overview of the governance of urban infrastructures, this Companion combines illustrative cases with conceptual approaches to offer an innovative perspective on the governance of large urban infrastructure systems. Contributions by leading scholars in the field present a transdisciplinary approach to the topic, with a global scope. Chapters examine the challenges facing urban infrastructure systems, including financial, economic, technological, social, ecological, jurisdictional and demand. Using novel conceptualizations of urban infrastructure, and examining global cases of specific energy, mobility, water, housing, green and telecommunication systems, the Companion further illustrates how these challenges are interrelated with their governance. Finding efficiency, sustainability, and resilience to be key governance performance indicators, it concludes by highlighting the role that digitalization plays in making cities smarter and argues for the potential of digitalization for large urban infrastructure governance. With global significance, this Companion will be an invaluable read for students and scholars of urban studies, governance and infrastructure. The informative case studies will be an excellent resource for city practitioners, officials and policymakers."-- Provided by publisher

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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
Tables
Contributors
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
PART I CASES
2. Detroit: A history of financial challenges for the motor city government
3. Cities facing economic development challenges: The case of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area
4. Deciphering the complex structure of large urban systems through the case study of Istanbul
5. Housing urbanism: Collective representation and its impact in the city
6. Sustainable community design amidst social challenges: Insights from Nairobi, Kenya
7. Metropolitan governance: The challenge for the metropolitan area of Mexico City
PART II CONCEPTUALIZATIONS
8. Urban energy systems: Municipal utilities and the case of Switzerland
9. Digitalization in urban mobility: An assessment through the IGLUS framework
10. Brownfield infrastructures
11. A sociotechnical perspective on integrated urban water systems
12. Telecommunication systems
13. Urban waste management: The case of Turkey and Istanbul
14. Well-connected urban green infrastructures for more livable and resilient urban systems
PART III GOVERNANCE
15. Efficiency in urban systems
16. Large urban systems: Towards a sustainability framework
17. Resilience of urban systems: Perspective for the integration of climate resilience actions in the resilient cities network
18. Central-metropolitan government relations over urban infrastructure governance: The case of Istanbul
19. Citizen participation
20. Planning
21. Digitalization
22. Urban infrastructures implemented in public-private partnerships
Index

2024-07-09