Another urban infrastructure is possible: Contesting energy and water networks in Berlin

Beyond the Networked City: Infrastructure reconfigurations and urban change in the North and South

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 138-158

  Beveridge, Ross ^a   Naumann, Matthias ^a,b  

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

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 85107246389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315757612-14     Document Type: Chapter

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