Inverse Infrastructures

Edited by Tineke M. Egyedi and Donna C. Mehos

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Abstract: The notion of inverse infrastructures – that is, bottom-up, user-driven, self-organizing networks – gives us a fresh perspective on the omnipresent infrastructure systems that support our economy and structure our way of living. This fascinating book considers the emergence of inverse infrastructures as a new phenomenon that will have a vast impact on consumers, industry and policy. Using a wide range of theories, from institutional economics to complex adaptive systems, it explores the mechanisms and incentives for the rise of these alternatives to large-scale infrastructures and points to their potential disruptive effect on conventional markets and governance models.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781849803014
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introducing Inverse Infrastructures

Tineke M. Egyedi, Donna C. Mehos and Wim G. Vree

Ch 2 Inverse Infrastructures and their Emergence at the Edge of Order and Chaos: An Analytic Framework

Jan van den Berg

Ch 3 Mapping Institutional, Technological and Policy Configurations of Inverse Infrastructures

Rolf Künneke

Ch 4 Centralization and Decentralization: A History of Local Radio and Television Distribution

Thea Weijers

Ch 5 Citizen-Driven Collection of Waste Paper (1945–2010): A Government-Sustained Inverse Infrastructure

Frida de Jong and Karel Mulder

Ch 6 Self-Organization in Wikis

Igor Nikolic and Chris Davis

Ch 7 The Role of Policy in Inverse Developments: Comparing Dutch and Danish Wind Energy

Linda M. Kamp

Ch 8 Who Cares? The Maintenance of a Wi-Fi Community Infrastructure

Stefan Verhaegh and Ellen van Oost

Ch 9 Decentral Water Supply and Sanitation

Aad Correljé and Thorsten Schuetze

Ch 10 Inverse Telecommunications: The Future for Rural Areas in Developing Countries?

Rudi Westerveld

Ch 11 Building a Syngas Infrastructure: Translating Inverse Properties into Design Recommendations

Paulien M. Herder and Rob M. Stikkelman

Ch 12 Policy Implications of Top-down and Bottom-up Patterns in E-Government Infrastructure Development

Anne Fleur van Veenstra and Marijn Janssen

Ch 13 Disruptive Inverse Infrastructures: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Tineke M. Egyedi

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