Rethinking the governance of urban infrastructural transformations: a synthesis of emerging approaches

Jochen Monstadt (Corresponding author), Jonas Torrens, Mansi Jain, Rachel M. Macrorie, Shaun R. Smith

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Abstract

Recent urban debates on the governance of sustainability transformations have witnessed an 'infrastructural turn'. Previously blacked-boxed, the role of infrastructures in sustainability transformations has been foregrounded by both growing academic scholarship and major investments in new infrastructural programs. How these changes are, and could be, governed remains somewhat opaque however, with traditional forms of knowledge and practices in need of urgent revision. To nuance public and academic debates, this paper synthesizes emerging approaches to the governance of transformative infrastructural change, revealing their underlying logics and potential contributions. These include appraisal of; alternative infrastructural pathways via ‘futuring’, their enactment via experimentation processes, supported by cross-domain coordination and new assessment methods. Such approaches may open new directions toward urban sustainability but also surface tensions and contradictions inherent to the governance of infrastructures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101157
JournalCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume55
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2022

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