Infranomics Sustainability, Engineering Design and Governance /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gheorghe, Adrian V. (Editor), Masera, Marcelo (Editor), Katina, Polinpapilinho F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 24
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Civil engineering.; Sustainable development.; Industrial organization.; Civil Engineering.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Sustainable Development.; Industrial Organization.

This book provides a rough entry into the interdisciplinary field of Infranomics. It enables better decision making in an increasing ambiguous, complex, emergent, interdependent, and uncertain world where we attempt to anticipate modern society trends and patterns in order to react appropriately. Ho...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements.- Introduction
• I Infrastructure and Sustainability
• II Asset Management
• III Safety, Renewable energy and Management.- IV Equity, Ethics, and Infrastructures.- V Modeling and Simulation.-VI Governance.- VII Engineering Design and Sociotechnical Systems.- Epilogue
• Index.