Durable Economies : : Organizing the Material Foundations of Society.
Leaking water infrastructures, heritage tourism, investments in artworks, failing electronics: durability lies at the heart of a wide range of seemingly unrelated phenomena. Durable things are both a hugely significant source of wealth and a constant source of struggle. The contributors argue that a...
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| Superior document: | Arbeit und Organisation |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Arbeit und Organisation
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Contents
- 1. Durable economies: towards a new research programme
- 2. Mitigating durable bads: trichloroethylene contamination in Silicon Valley
- 3. Doing business with durables
- 4. Curating information for durability
- 5. Durability and retail
- 6. Valuing electronic devices? User narratives and their role for durability
- 7. Regulation with a lasting impact? Policies for product durability
- 8. Scalability and durability, or: is modular the new durable? The case of smartphones
- 9. Organising durable economies for environmental sustainability
- List of contributors