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Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Evolution of the Urban Infrastructure in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN NETWORKS AND WALKING CITIES: A PERIOD OF FOUNDATIONS, 1790-1855 -- The Development of Urban Infrastructure -- Financing Infrastructure in the Walking City -- Engineers and Urban Technology -- Conclusion -- CONSTRUCTING THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CENTRAL CITIES, 1855-1910 -- Introduction -- Municipal Provision of Infrastructure -- Institutional and Political Changes in Infrastructure Supply and Distribution -- Financing Infrastructure -- Engineering and Science Development -- THE DOMINATION OF THE AUTOMOBILE AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE FEDERAL ROLE, 1910-1956 -- The Automobile Revolution, 1910-1930 -- The New Deal -- Professional Developments -- The Postwar Period -- THE RISE OF THE OUTER CITY AND RECENT TRENDS INFLUENCING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, 1956-1982 -- Changing Fiscal Trends -- The Environmental Movement -- Mass Transit -- Alternative Systems -- CONCLUSION -- AFTERWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Bibliography -- DISCUSSION -- Randy Hamilton -- Wilfred Owen -- Abel Wolman -- SUMMARY -- 2 Assessing Infrastructure Needs: The State of the Art -- INTRODUCTION -- The Infrastructure Problem -- National Needs -- The Challenge Ahead -- DEFINING NEEDS -- Needs Versus Desirable Improvements -- The Needs Assessment Process -- The Role of Standards -- Summary -- THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- Defining Conditions -- Condition Assessment Measures -- The National Bridge Inspection Program -- The New York City Water Distribution System -- THE INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -- Estimating Investment Requirements -- A Framework for Investment Decisions -- The EPA Needs Survey -- The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Approach to Investment Programming.

chapter 1. Introduction to multihazard considerations -- chapter 2. Theoretical background -- chapter 3. Analysis in MH environment -- chapter 4. Vulnerability, reliability, and exposure: current design paradigms -- chapter 5. Probabilistic graph networks -- chapter 6. Risk and resilience assessment in multihazard environment -- chapter 7. Multihazard acceptance -- chapter 8. Multihazard risk and resilience treatment -- chapter 9. Multihazard exposure, risk, and resilience monitoring -- chapter 10. Applications

A comprehensive look at the emergence of infrastructurefinance Just as infrastructure development acts as a catalyst foreconomic growth, it is also changing the landscape for potentialinvestors and the burgeoning field of infrastructure finance.Infrastructure systems for transportation, utilities, and publicworks are essential for economic growth and have quickly developedinto an emerging alternative asset class. Infrastructure Finance examines how the activitiesassociated with updating and creating efficient transportation andcommunications, reliable and affordable energy, clean water, andother essential systems, have become a profitable financialendeavor. Recently, providing, operating, and maintaininginfrastructure has advanced as a recognized and importantinvestment sector that reaches beyond earlier business models.Infrastructure Finance puts this field in perspectiveand details what you need to know to succeed within it. An informative look at infrastructure finance-an emergingalternative investment for all types of institutionalinvestorsDissects the central organizational and financial issues behindthe revolutions that are occurring in infrastructure management andfinanceContains detailed guidance for navigating the dynamic field ofinfrastructure financeDiscusses infrastructure as arteries of life for a betterworldHighlights infrastructure undergoing transformations to adaptto turbulent environmentsFocuses on Green infrastructure to balance economic andenvironmental changes As infrastructure finance continues to grow in importance,you'll need to enhance your understanding of its essential aspects.Infrastructure Finance will provide you with theinsights to achieve this goal.

Toward Infrastructure Improvement -- Copyright -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SYSTEM -- INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND THE NSF'S ROLE -- NICHE OPPORTUNITIES -- RESEARCH LEADING TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE STUDY AND ITS ORIGIN -- THE SCOPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE BENEFITS OF INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- NOTES -- 2 THE CONTEXT AND STATUS OF U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- U.S. SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE R&D -- RESEARCHERS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS -- Government Laboratories -- Academic Institutions -- Professional, Industry, And Trade Institutes -- International Activities -- PRIOR STUDIES OF RESEARCH NEEDS -- THE NSF'S ROLE IN INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- THE NICHE AREAS -- NOTES -- 3 Systems Life-Cycle Management -- INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND AND SERVICE-LIFE MANAGEMENT -- Issues Of Public Goods Demand, Prices, And Costs -- Managing Derived Demand -- Infrastructure As A Life-Cycle Production Process -- Assessing Consequences Of Materials Innovation -- TOTAL SYSTEM INVENTORY, MONITORING, AND MANAGEMENT -- Analytical Inventories Of Infrastructure Systems -- Statistical Analyses And Benchmarking5 of Infrastructure -- Deviations-Detection Systems For Public Health And Safety -- Quicker Response Infrastructure Management -- Infrastructure Junction Points And Common-Use Corridors -- Private And Public Interface In Infrastructure -- STANDARDS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER EXTERNAL INFLUENCES -- Shifts In Design And Management Objectives -- New Approaches To Siting And Technology Decisions -- NOTES -- 4 ANALYSIS AND DECISION TOOLS -- SYSTEMS MODELS -- Ex Post Analysis Of Planning And Design Methods -- Demand/Capacity Analysis -- FASTER INTEGRATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO DESIGN PRACTICE.

1. Digitalizing infrastructure: active management for smarter networks / Juan Montero and Matthias Finger -- 2. Digitalization technologies: the evolution of smart networks / Günter Knieps -- 3. Digitalizing telecommunications: innovation, complexity and diversity in the internet ecosystem / Volker Stocker and Günter Knieps -- 4. Digitalization in road projects: toward a more integrated mobility supply / Carlos Oliveira Cruz and Joaquim Miranda Sarmento -- 5. Digitalizing maritime transport: digital innovation as a catalyzer of sustainable transformation / Anastasia Tsvetkova, Magnus Gustafsson and Kim Wikström -- 6. Digitalizing railways: the platform dilemma / Juan Montero -- 7. Digitalizing aviation infrastructure: the role of technology in overcoming fragmentation / Iván László Arnold and Lorenzo Casullo -- 8. Digitalization in the postal and delivery sector: between electronic substitution of letter mail and thriving e-commerce / Christian Jaag -- 9. Digitalization of the electricity infrastructure: a key enabler for the decarbonization and decentralization of the power sector / Nicolò Rossetto and Valerie Reif -- 10. Digitalization in the drinking water sector: towards smart water supply management / Brenda Espinosa Apráez -- 11. Digitalization, efficiency and convergence / Matthias Finger and Juan Montero.

Infrastructures are facilities and services that support the functioning of human societies. Examples are utility networks (such as water, wastewater, gas, electricity, and communications), transportation systems (such as airports, railroads, roads, and bridges), public buildings (municipal buildings and hospitals), and social venues (such as sports and entertainment facilities). Capital intensity, network complexity, and criticality of services provided are among the main attributes of infrastructure systems. Infrastructure management is emerging as a top global priority in the 21st century d

When infrastructures fail / Stephen Graham -- Managing the risk of cascading failure in complex urban infrastructures / Richard G. Little -- Disoriented city : infrastructure, social order, and the policy response to Hurricane Katrina / Benjamin Sims -- Power loss or blackout : the electricity network collapse of August 2003 in North America / Timothy W. Luke -- Containing insecurity : logistic space, U.S. port cities, and the "war on terror" / Deborah Cowen -- Clogged cities : sclerotic infrastructure / Simon Marvin and Will Medd-- Securitizing networked flows : infectious diseases and airports / S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil -- Disruption by design : urban infrastructure and political violence / Stephen Graham -- Infrastructure, interruption, and inequality : urban life in the global south / Colin McFarlane

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acronyms & -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Foreword - H.E. Mrs Sahlework Zewde -- Foreword - Ibrahim Thiaw -- Introduction -- Executive summary -- 01: Transformative leapfrogging to a wellbeing economy in Africa -- Introduction -- Environment and economic development -- Leapfrogging and social transformations -- Transformative leapfrogging to wellbeing economy -- Conclusion -- References -- 02: Ecological infrastructure as a basis for the African wellbeing economy -- Introduction -- A social-ecological systems approach to development -- The current state and trends in Africa -- Applying a social-ecological systems approach to sustainable food -- Emerging knowledge, techniques and best practices in sustainable development -- Ecosystem-based adaptation -- Key policy and strategic issues for African countries -- Conclusion -- References -- 03: Sustainable energy systems in Africa -- Introduction -- Africa's energy system -- Theorising Africa's sustainable energy system, innovation and development -- The energy, climate and development dilemma in Africa -- Distributed energy as a sustainable energy pathway -- Discussion: Criteria for success -- Conclusion -- References -- 04: Inclusive and sustainable industrial development for Africa -- Introduction -- Drivers of industrialisation and its impact -- Industrialisation and Africa -- Inclusive and sustainable industrialisation -- Conclusions -- References -- 05: Sustainable urban development in Africa -- Introduction -- Sustainability through an urban lens: A systemic approach -- The challenges and opportunities of urbanisation in Africa -- Key policy and strategic issues for African countries -- Where to from here? -- Supporting tools for strategic decision-making and planning -- Conclusion -- References.