Author: Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: private, participation, infrastructure, advisors, managing, guide, hiring, toolkit
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0821349856
ISBN-13: 9780821349854

Author: Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration t
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: disaster, resilience, workshop, report, community, enhance, public, sector, collaboration, private
Number of Pages: 83
Published: 2010-02-23
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309151066
ISBN-13: 9780309151061

Book DescriptionThe terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) on the United States prompted a rethinking of how the United States prepares for disasters. Federal policy documents written since 9/11 have stressed that the private and public sectors share equal responsibility for the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure and key assets. Private sector entities have a role in the safety, security, and resilience of the communities in which they operate. Incentivizing the private sector to expend resources on community efforts remains challenging. Disasters in the United Stat

Author: Committee on Facility Design to Minimize Premature
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: building, management, technology, studies, series, avoiding, dimension, strategies, fourth, obsolescence
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0309048427
ISBN-13: 9780309048422

Public facilities are valuable assets that can provide decades of high quality of service if they are effectively utilized. Despite effective planning, design, and management, sometimes users or owners change and have requirements different from those that the facility was initially intended to fulfill. In addition, the technologies sometimes change, making facilities obsolete before they have worn out or otherwise failed. This book explores the meaning of obsolescence as the term applies to buildings. It discusses the functional, economic, technological, social, legal, political, and cultural

Author: Refco Private Client Group
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: risks, rewards, need, trading, guide, futures, complete
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 2005-08-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 047148802X
ISBN-13: 9780471488026

Many investors learn how to trade equity options, but many are unfamiliar with futures. As headlines about commodity prices proliferate, active, self-directed investors are turning their attention to futures. The Complete Guide to Futures Trading is a comprehensive introductory handbook to investing with commodity futures, including the increasingly popular mini(r) stock index futures and the new singles stock futures contracts. It offers how-to advice from finding a broker to opening an account to making a trade, and provides advice based on years of experience to help new traders get started

Author: Committee for an Infrastructure Technology Researc
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: infrastructure, policy, series, technology, research, improvement, agenda, studies
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0309051444
ISBN-13: 9780309051446

This book advises the federal government on a national infrastructure research agenda. It takes the position that the traditional disciplinary and institutional divisions among infrastructure modes and professions are largely historical artifacts that impose barriers to the development of new technology and encourages the government to embrace a more interdisciplinary approach. In order to be practical, the study focuses on infrastructure technologies that can be incorporated into or overlay current systems, allow for alternative future alternative future urban development, and are likely to h

Author: Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Enviro
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: manuals, workshop, summary, maintenance, operation, construction, industry, electronic, linking
Number of Pages: 66
Published: 2000-08-04
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309071313
ISBN-13: 9780309071314

Author: Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Enviro
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: proceedings, colloquium, issues, challenges, infrastructure, financing
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 1996-06-05
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0309055431
ISBN-13: 9780309055437

With the current emphasis on a balanced federal budget and correspondingly decreased federal participation in financing local infrastructure systems, infrastructure providers are faced with the challenge of developing new sources of capital to fund their projects. This book discusses critical infrastructure issues and brings together recognized experts in domestic and international infrastructure and finance. It provides perspectives on the issues and discusses less conventional financing techniques used in recently completed projects. This volume also discusses likely conventional financing m