Rationalising territorially dispersed consumption: the projects of Fernand Courtoy for the electricity production and distribution of Belgium
The electrification of the notoriously dispersed urbanization patterns of Belgium was a complex and confused operation. The superposition of a nationwide industrial framework, consisting of large elements such as coal basins and sea ports, and a territory characterized by a very fragmented and functionally diverse spatial structure, led to the appearance of electricity in all sorts of locations following diverse arrangements. Within fifty years, large-scale industrial self-producers, regional electricity companies, provincial projects, urban municipal companies and small-scale local initiative... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | conference |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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European Association for Urban History
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Schlagwörter: | Arts and Architecture / industrialisation / dispersed urbanisation / Belgian planning history / electricity production and distribution / Fernand Courtoy / utility systems |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27304311 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8086295 |