In Our Own Backyard: Principles for Effective Improvement of the Nation's Infrastructure - Couverture rigide

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Commission On Engineering And Technical Systems; Committee On Infrastructure

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0309048788 ISBN 13 : 9780309048781

Editeur : National Academies Press, 1994

Synopsis

This volume takes a fresh look--primarily from a technological perspective--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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Albert A. Grant and Andrew C. Lemer, Editors; Committee on Infrastructure, National Research Council

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309048788
• ISBN 13: 9780309048781
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Éditeur: Lemer Andrew C., Grant Albert A.
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