Toward a Federal Infrastructure Strategy
Title | Toward a Federal Infrastructure Strategy PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Toward a Federal Infrastructure Strategy, Issues and Options
Title | Toward a Federal Infrastructure Strategy, Issues and Options PDF eBook |
Author | Estats Units d'Amèrica. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 1992 |
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Toward a Federal Infrastructure Strategy, Issues and Options
Title | Toward a Federal Infrastructure Strategy, Issues and Options PDF eBook |
Author | Estats Units. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 1992 |
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High Performance Public Works
Title | High Performance Public Works PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Toward Infrastructure Improvement
Title | Toward Infrastructure Improvement PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1994-02-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0309051444 |
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 have value cutting across the distinct functional modes of infrastructure. Finally, the report is organized according to seven broad cross-cutting areas that should promote interdisciplinary approaches to infrastructure problems: systems life-cycle management, analysis and decision tools, information management, condition assessment and monitoring technology, the science of materials performance and deterioration, construction equipment and procedures, and technology management.
High Performance Public Works
Title | High Performance Public Works PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Infrastructure (Economics) |
ISBN |
In Our Own Backyard
Title | In Our Own Backyard PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1994-02-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0309048788 |
This volume takes a fresh lookâ€"primarily from a technological perspectiveâ€"at the nation's "infrastructure": a collection of diverse modes that function as a system supporting a wide range of economic and social activities. Within an infrastructure system, operating and maintenance procedures, management practices, and development policies (i.e., the software) must work together with the facilities' hardware. This study has a strongly local perspective, drawing valuable information from workshops held in Phoenix, Cincinnati, and Boston. These workshops illustrated common elements of local experience that offer infrastructure practitioners, policymakers, and the public at large both understanding and guidance in the form of specific strategies that can lead toward "win-win" situations, where parties with potentially opposing interests seek a way to resolve infrastructure issues so that all parties gain. Local issues, combined across many regions, give infrastructure its strategic national significance. The book recommends specific principles that should be applied in national policy to support effective local infrastructure development and management.