{"product_id":"infrastructures-of-consumption-elizabeth-shove-9781853839962","title":"Infrastructures of Consumption: Environmental Innovation in the Utility Industries","description":"For many years, a uniform and uncontested picture of utility system organization has endured across Europe. Provider and consumer roles have been largely taken for granted, and consumers have had little choice but to use the infrastructure of the only network provider available. Recent transformations have challenged this model. This book examines the ongoing environmental restructuring of consumption and provision in energy, water and waste systems. In accounting for the distinctive environmental qualities, technical features, and institutional dynamics of utility systems this book challenges contemporary conceptualizations of consumers as the autonomous drivers of environmental change. Instead, utilities and users are positioned as the 'co-managers' of utility systems, and processes of environmental innovation are seen to depend on the systemic restructuring of demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Shove,Heather Chappells,Bas Van Vliet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1853839965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853839962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.30w x 0.38d","brand":"Elizabeth Shove","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088917934335,"sku":"9781853839962","price":72.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93e21ac2-52f8-41c8-958c-ae19abb65b73.jpg?v=1769107269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/infrastructures-of-consumption-elizabeth-shove-9781853839962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}