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Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Title -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- The What and Why of Infrastructure -- What is infrastructure? -- The importance of infrastructure -- The Past and Present of Global Infrastructure -- Infrastructure through the ages -- Infrastructure's current extent -- Challenges and opportunities going forward -- Looking Toward the Future of Global Infrastructure -- Goals and targets -- Existing international analyses of infrastructure policies and infrastructure futures -- Quantitative forecasting of infrastructure futures -- Why This Volume? -- Conclusion and Road Map for This Volume -- 2 The Story So Far -- What Comprises Infrastructure? -- The Challenge of Historical Data on Infrastructure -- Building an infrastructure database for IFs -- The State of, and Trends in, Infrastructure: Physical Stocks, Access, and Spending -- Physical stocks and access -- Transportation -- Energy -- Water -- Information and communication technologies -- Patterns in infrastructure development -- Historical spending on infrastructure -- Conclusion -- 3 Connecting Infrastructure, Human Development, and the Environment -- The Impact of Infrastructure on Human Development and the Environment -- Infrastructure and economic growth -- Identifying the pathways of economic impact -- Analyzing the magnitude of economic impact -- Conclusions concerning the economic impact of infrastructure development -- Infrastructure and income distribution -- Infrastructure and health -- Infrastructure and education -- Infrastructure and governance -- Infrastructure and the environment -- Human Development and the Environment as Drivers of Infrastructure Development -- Conclusion -- 4 Methodologies and Tools for Forecasting Infrastructure.

Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance -- Copyright -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SOURCE OF THIS STUDY -- THE STUDY'S FOCUS AND LIMITS -- DEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND DECISION MAKING -- IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- SOURCE AND CONDUCT OF THE STUDY -- INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVEMENT IN CONTEXT -- THE STUDY'S FOCUS AND SCOPE -- SEEKING REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE -- PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN PRACTICE -- THE REPORT'S STRUCTURE -- NOTES -- 2 INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE AND ITS MEASUREMENT -- THE BASIC CONCEPT OF PERFORMANCE -- PERFORMANCE COMPARED WITH OTHER CONCEPTS: NEED, DEMAND, AND BENEFITS -- THE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS -- DIMENSIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS -- DETERMINING WHETHER PERFORMANCE IS "GOOD -- BASES FOR JUDGING GOOD PERFORMANCE -- DIVERGING FROM THE NCPWI'S FRAMEWORK -- NOTES -- 3 THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- MOTIVATION -- THE GENERIC PROCESS -- THE RESULTING MEASURES AND THEIR USE -- Planning -- Implementation -- Evaluation -- LEVELS AND PATHWAYS OF PARTICIPATION AND AUTHORITY -- NOTES -- 4 MEASURES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- TAKING STOCK -- DATA AS A CONCERN -- PRINCIPLES FOR SELECTING PERFORMANCE MEASURES -- MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS -- MEASURES OF RELIABILITY -- MEASURES OF COST -- BENCHMARKS AND STANDARDS FOR ASSESSMENT -- USING PERFORMANCE MEASURES -- NOTES -- 5 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT THROUGH PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT -- MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES AND VIEWS -- Considering Multiple Objectives -- Considering Multiple Points of View -- DEALING WITH MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS AND MODES -- UNCERTAINTY AND RISK IN INFRASTRUCTURE DECISION MAKING -- Analytical Methods -- The Matter of Values -- The Role of Regulatory Agencies -- NOTES -- 6 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- HELPING DECISION MAKERS -- IMPROVING PERFORMANCE.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Infrastructure disruptions are a drag on people and economies -- More resilient infrastructure assets pay for themselves -- Making infrastructure more resilient requires a consistent strategy -- Notes -- References -- 1 Resilient Infrastructure: A Lifeline for Sustainable Development -- Objectives of this report -- Structure of the report -- References -- Part I: A Diagnosis: A Lack of Resilient Infrastructure Is Harming People and Firms -- 2 Infrastructure Disruptions Are a Barrier to Thriving Firms -- Infrastructure services enable firms to thrive -- Infrastructure disruptions have direct and real costs for firms -- Firms employ costly measures to cope with unreliability -- Unreliable infrastructure leads to lower productivity -- Notes -- References -- 3 Infrastructure Disruptions Affect the Health and Well-Being of Households -- Infrastructure provides households with essential services -- Power outages directly reduce the well-being of households -- People's health and well-being suffer when the water supply is unreliable -- Transport disruptions lead to lost time, income, and access to services -- Notes -- References -- 4 Natural Shocks Are a Leading Cause of Infrastructure Disruptions and Damages -- The power sector is highly vulnerable to natural hazards -- Water systems are particularly vulnerable to climate change and can contribute to managing floods and droughts -- Natural hazards frequently disrupt and extensively damage transport infrastructure -- When natural shocks disrupt telecommunications systems, whole countries can go offline -- Infrastructure sometimes creates or increases natural risks -- Notes -- References -- 5 From Micro to Macro: Local Disruptions Translate into Macroeconomic Impacts.

Intro -- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK CONCEPT AND PROPOSALS -- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK CONCEPT AND PROPOSALS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK: OVERVIEW AND CURRENT LEGISLATION -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE BANK? -- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BILLS -- S. 652 "Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development" -- Structure -- Eligible Projects -- Project Selection Criteria -- Financing Packages -- Funding of AIFA -- S. 936 "American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act of 2011" -- Structure -- Eligible Projects and Types of Financing -- AIIF Project Selection Criteria -- Financing Packages -- Funding of AIIF -- H.R. 402 "National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2011" -- Structure -- Eligible Projects -- Project Selection Criteria -- Financing Packages -- Funding of NIDB -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Will a Bank Increase Infrastructure Investment? -- Will an Infrastructure Bank Duplicate Existing Programs? -- Will a National Infrastructure Bank Accelerate Investment? -- What Are the Federal Budgetary Implications? -- Can a National Infrastructure Bank Be Financially Self-Sustaining? -- How Will Projects Be Selected? -- How Might an Infrastructure Bank Be Structured? -- How Might an Infrastructure Bank Be Governed? -- APPENDIX A. BACKGROUND ON INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING -- The Federal Role -- Federal Credit Assistance Programs -- Tax-Favored Infrastructure Bonds -- Public-Private Partnerships -- APPENDIX B. PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCING UNDER LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING: STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ON A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- Federal Laws Applying to Wastewater Treatment

This volume offers an interdisciplinary and global perspective on aspects of security and defence, with a special focus on the protection of social infrastructures in the face of various forms of violence. It examines some multi-faceted solutions and stresses the need to approach the problem from many disciplines. The optimistic conclusion from this work is that there are concrete and specific ways to address conflict and violence, and the importance of being alert in order to prevent their eventual negative consequences.This work integrates and synthesises theory, research, and public policy analysis in an effort to solve the complex questions and problems presented by this topic, and focuses on a range of topics, including militia and police, law, diplomacy, aggression and conflict studies, and psychology. This encourages a broader perspective and thought-process global collaboration and cooperation, and an integrated synthesis of knowledge. It broadens the conceptualisation of the phenomena under discussion and links them with tangible examples.This book represents an important resource for researchers and students of security and defence, violence, and peace, as well as anyone with an interest in studying methods of protecting critical infrastructures and more specifically of probable the most important social infrastructure, the people, reducing the threats of terrorism from a psychological approach

Associate Professor Kath Wellman is Director, Centre for Developing Cities, ANZSOG Institute of Governance, University of Canberra. Her expertise is in environment, landscape architecture and planning, urban design, urban and business management. She has undertaken environment and governance consultancies for the Murray Darling Basin Authority and for the Australian Landscape Trust and was one of the principle authors of the ANU Development Policy Plan 1992. She was involved in establishing and convened the Masters of Urban Management Course (1997-2001) and established the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (2009). Dr Marcus Spiller is a Director of SGS Economics and Planning Pty Ltd. His consulting experience spans land economics, regional development, housing policy, infrastructure funding and policy co-ordination systems. He has taken up secondments as lecturer in urban economics at Melbourne University, adviser to the Minister for Planning and Housing in Victoria and senior executive in the Queensland Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning. He is an Adjunct Professor of Urban Management at the University of Canberra, a member of the National Housing Supply Council and a former National President of the Planning Institute of Australia.