Intermediaries and the reconfiguration of urban infrastructures: An introduction

Shaping Urban Infrastructures: Intermediaries and the Governance of Socio-Technical Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Moss, Timothy ^a   Guy, Simon ^b   Marvin, Simon ^c   Medd, Will ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIETY AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925798385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775380     Document Type: Chapter

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