Co-designing Infrastructures Community collaboration for liveable cities

Co-designing Infrastructures tells the story of a research programme designed to bring the power of engineering and technology into the hands of grassroots community groups, to create bottom-up solutions to global crises. Four projects in London are described in detail, exemplifying community collab...

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Main Author: Bell, Sarah (auth)
Other Authors: Johnson, Charlotte (auth), Austen, Kat (auth), Moore, Gemma (auth), Teh, Tse-Hui (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London UCL Press 2023
Series:Engaging Communities in City-making
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