Organizing self‐organizing systems: Toward a theory of industrial symbiosis

M Chertow, J Ehrenfeld - Journal of industrial ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial symbiosis examines cooperative management of resource flows through networks
of businesses known in the literature as industrial ecosystems. These industrial ecosystems …

Governing smart grids: the case for an independent system operator

N Friedrichsen - European Journal of Law and Economics, 2015 - Springer
The next years should bring about a rapid transformation of the electricity sector towards
high levels of renewable generation and increasing numbers of electric vehicles. Smart …

Mechanisms for emergent usage of adaptive information systems: a critical realist case of e-financial systems in South Africa

CG Ononiwu - 2015 - open.uct.ac.za
The purpose of this research is to investigate the research problem: Why does emergent
usage occur in adaptive information systems? Being motivated to explore this phenomenon …

Investing in smart grids within the market paradigm: The case of the Netherlands and its relevance for China

E ten Heuvelhof, M Weijnen - Policy and Society, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The introduction of market forces in the energy sector in the Netherlands and elsewhere in
Europe has drastically changed the climate for investments in the electricity infrastructure. In …

Extending Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) with geospatial software as a service: Participatory asset mapping infrastructures for urban health

M Kolak, M Steptoe, H Manprisio, L Azu-Popow… - … technologies for urban …, 2020 - Springer
Community asset mapping is an essential step in public health practice for identifying
community strengths, needs, and urban health intervention strategies. Community-based …

Inverse telecommunications: The future for rural areas in developing countries?

R Westerveld - Inverse Infrastructures, 2012 - elgaronline.com
Access to telecommunication technologies in developing countries, particularly in rural
areas, is often poor. Incumbent operators lack interest in this market, where profits are low …

Introducing inverse infrastructures

TM Egyedi, DC Mehos, WG Vree - Inverse Infrastructures, 2012 - elgaronline.com
The current dominant paradigm of contemporary infrastructure1 design is that of Hughesian
large-scale technical systems (LTSs)(Hughes 1983). However, we see unprecedented …

[PDF][PDF] Defining infrastructure integration: Abstract aspirations and institutional variations.

A McLean - People, Place & Policy Online, 2017 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The 'integration'of infrastructures has emerged as a central discourse in how future technical
networks should be designed, delivered and managed to cope with the challenges of …

New perspectives on inverse infrastructures

TM Egyedi, DC Mehos, WG Vree - 2009 Second International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper explores the emergence and characteristics of what Vree has called inverse
infrastructures-a category of user-driven, self-organizing infrastructures, primarily …

Inverse infrastructures: self-organization in the water services

O Heino, AV Anttiroiko - Water Policy, 2015 - iwaponline.com
In urban communities, infrastructures that support living are indispensable. There is
increased interest in alternative ways of providing such support systems, including semi …