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1 online resource |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2016). |
| Summary |
Infrastructure forms the economic backbone of modern society. It is a key determinant of economic competitiveness, social well-being and environmental sustainability. Yet infrastructure systems (energy, transport, water, waste and ICT) in advanced economies globally face serious challenges. For the first time, a leading team of researchers sets out a systematic approach to making long-term choices about national infrastructure systems. Great Britain is used as a case study to demonstrate how the methodologies and accompanying models can be effectively applied in a national infrastructure assessment. Lessons and insights for other industrialised nations and emerging economies are highlighted, demonstrating practical scenarios for delivering infrastructure services in a wide range of future socio-economic and environmental conditions. The Future of National Infrastructure provides practitioners, policy-makers, and academics with the concepts, models and tools needed to identify and test robust, sustainable, and resilient strategies for the provision of national infrastructure. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I .A system-of-systems approach. 1. Introducing national infrastructure-assessment / Jim W. Hall, Robert J. Nicholls, Adrian J. Hickford, Martino Tran ; 2. A framework for analysing the long-term performance of interdependent infrastructure systems / Jim W. Hall, Alexander Otto, Adrian J. Hickford, Robert J. Nicholls, Martino Tran -- pt. II. Analysing national infrastructure. 3. Future demand for infrastructure services / Chris Thoung, Rachel Beaven, Chengchao Zuo, Mark Birkin, Peter Tyler, Douglas Crawford-Brown, Edward J. Oughton, Scott Kelly ; 4. Energy systems assessment /Pranab Baruah, Modassar Chaudry, Meysam Qadrdan, Nick Eyre, Nick Jenkins ; 5. Transport systems assessment / Simon P. Blainey, John M. Preston ; 6. Water supply systems assessment / Mike Simpson, Matthew C. Ives, Jim W. Hall, Chris G. Kilsby ; 7. Wastewater systems assessment / Lucy Manning, David W. Graham, Jim W. Hall ; 8. Solid waste systems assessment / Geoff V.R. Watson, Anne M. Stringfellow, William Powrie, David A. Turner, Jon Coello ; 9. Digital communications and information systems / Edward J. Oughton, Martino Tran, Cliff B. Jones, Razgar Ebrahimy -- pt. III. Integrative perspectives for the future. 10. Assessing the performance of national infrastructure strategies / Martino Tran, Jim W. Hall, Robert J. Nicholls, Adrian J. Hickford ; 11. Quantifying interdependencies: the energy-transport and water-energy nexus / Martino Tran, Edward A. Byers, Simon P. Blainey, Pranab Baruah, Modassar Chaudry, Meysam Qadrdan, Nick Eyre, Nick Jenkins ; 12. Analysing the risks of failure of interdependent infrastructure networks /Raghav Pant, Scott Thacker, Jim W. Hall, Stuart Barr, David Alderson, Scott Kelly ; 13. Database, simulation modelling and visualisation for national infrastructure assessment / Stuart Barr, David Alderson, Matthew C. Ives, Craig Robson ; 14. Governance of interdependent infrastructure networks /Ralitsa Hiteva, Jim Watson ; 15. The future of national infrastructure / Jim W. Hall, Robert J. Nicholls, Martino Tran, Adrian J. Hickford. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.
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Infrastructure (Economics) |
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Great Britain. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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Evaluation. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- Evaluation. |
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Hall, Jim W., editor.
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Tran, Martino, editor.
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Hickford, Adrian J., editor.
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Nicholls, Robert J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Future of National Infrastructure. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107066021 1107066026 (DLC) 2015032900 (OCoLC)924682774 |
| ISBN |
9781107588745 (electronic book) |
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110758874X (electronic book) |
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9781316562550 (electronic book) |
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1316562557 (electronic book) |
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9781316560990 |
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1316560996 |
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9781107066021 (hardback) |
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9781107685833 (paperback) |
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1107066026 |
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1107685834 |
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