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: Office of Government Commerce
Publisher: Stationery Office
Keywords: infrastructure, series, library, management, ict
Number of Pages: 297
Published: 2002-05
List price: $146.50
ISBN-10: 0113308655
ISBN-13: 9780113308651

Part of a series that guides business users through the planning, delivery and management of quality IT services, this publication covers network service management, operations management, management of local processors, computer installation and acceptance and systems management.

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

Author: Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Enviro
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: infrastructure, aging, materials, report, workshop, accelerated, simulate, agenda, test, methods, models, research
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1999-07-06
List price: $37.75
ISBN-10: 0309063841
ISBN-13: 9780309063845

Authors:Patricia Clarke-annez, Gwenaelle Huet, George E. Pet
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: infrastructure, bank, directions, development, world, finance, century, decentralized, lessons, urban
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2008-06-10
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0821375245
ISBN-13: 9780821375242

The world s urban population doubled between 1970 and 2008, growing from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. Future world population growth will be concentrated in developing countries the majority in medium-size and smaller cities and towns. International institutions and governments alike face the challenge of efficiently financing the massive investment in infrastructure required to support this urban growth. The Urban Infrastructure Fund (UIF) is a tool designed to meet this need. Responsibility for subproject oversight, credit assessment, financial management reform, and other critical ta

Author: ASCE Critical Infrastructure Guidance Task Committ
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Keywords: infrastructure, critical, nation, principles, guiding
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2009-06-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0784410631
ISBN-13: 9780784410639

After months of intense analysis of the New Orleans disaster, the ASCE Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel urged that ’organizations responsible for critical life-safety facilities be organized and operated to enable, not to inhibit, a focus on safety and that engineers continually evaluate the appropriateness of design criteria, always considering how the performance of individual components affects the overall performance of a system. The ASCE Board of Direction established the Critical Infrastructure Guidance Task Committee to develop this book to ensure quality in critical infras

Author: John B. Miller
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: delivery, infrastructure, finance, volume, systems, public, principles, private
Number of Pages: 654
Published: 2000-01-15
List price: $225.00
ISBN-10: 0792372018
ISBN-13: 9780792372011

Essential to anyone involved in the planning, design, construction, operation or finance of infrastructure assets, this innovative work puts project delivery, finance, and operation together in a practical new formulation of how both public and private owners can better manage their entire collection of infrastructure facilities. Principles of Public and Private Infrastructure Delivery traces the history of infrastructure development and finance in the United States, and meticulously ties America’s historical success in infrastructure to the simultaneous use of Design-Bid- Buil