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Asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures. This book analyzes how they grow, interact, and change, and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced.

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Author:   Advisory Committee on Technology and Society ,  Robert Herman ,  Jesse H. Ausubel ,  Robert C. Herman
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780309037860

ISBN 10:   0309037867
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 February 1988
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives; 3 2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities; 4 3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach; 5 4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence; 6 5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth; 7 6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values; 8 7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future; 9 8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures; 10 9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects; 11 10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures; 12 11 Reflections on the Telecommunications Infrastructure; 13 12 Water Supply and Distribution: The Next 50 Years; 14 13 The Urban Wastewater Infrastructure; 15 14 New Construction Technologies for Rebuilding the Nation's Infrastructure; 16 15 Longevity of Infrastructure; 17 Contributors; 18 Index

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Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, Editors; Advisory Committee on Technology and Society

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