Guy, S, Sherriff, GA, Chmutina, K and Goodier, C 2016, 'Assembling urban energy : sociotechnical perspectives on a seawater district heating project' , in: Actor networks of planning : exploring the influence of actor network theory , Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design , Routledge.
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Abstract
This chapter explores the application of assemblage theory to analyse the development of an innovative seawater district heating system near The Hague, in the Netherlands. In doing so, we argue that the story of a stable technological system, moulded and shaped into a final obdurate form by social and political interests is a narrative that conceals as much as it reveals. By following the fluidity of the design and development process that twists and turns as the system emerges and changes shape, the case study highlights the potential contribution of the assemblage perspective and its ability to reveal the complexity and context specificity of sociotechnical system building. In this way, the chapter argues that the relational framing of systems as they are assembled, maintained and disassembled, encourages us to look beyond the naive certainties of best practice policy toward a richer engagement with the practices, politics and places of urban network development.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Editors: | Rydin, Y and Tate, L |
| Additional Information: | This is the author's accepted manuscript of chapter 9 of Rydin, Y. and Tate, L. eds., 2016. Actor Networks of Planning: Exploring the Influence of Actor Network Theory. Routledge, Taylor & Francis group |
| Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Series Name: | Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design |
| ISBN: | 9781138886407 |
| Funders: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Graeme Sherriff |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2015 12:56 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2017 07:35 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/37464 |
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