Next Generation Infrastructure Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Brown, Hillary (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Urban geography.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Civil engineering.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Urbanism.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Civil Engineering.

The 2007 bridge collapse in Minneapolis-St. Paul quickly became symbolic of the debilitated interstate highway system—and of what many critics see as America’s disinvestment in its infrastructure. The extreme vulnerability of single-purpose, aging infrastructure was highlighted once again when Hurri...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: Bold Endeavors Needed
• 2. Toward Infrastructural Ecologies: Interconnected, Multipurpose, and Synergistic Systems
• 3. Greening Heat and Power: An Integrated Approach to Decarbonizing Energy
• 4. Advancing Soft-Path Water Infrastructure: Combined Constructed and Natural Systems
• 5. Destigmatizing Infrastructure: Design of Community-Friendly Facilities
• 6. Creating Resilient Coastlines and Waterways: Hard and Soft Constructions
• 7. Combating Water Stress and Scarcity: Augmented Sources and Improved Storage
• 8. Ways Forward: Think Systematically, Experiment Locally
• Notes
• Index.