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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778140803321

Titolo

Sustainable critical infrastructure systems [[electronic resource] ] : a framework for meeting 21st century imperatives : report of a workshop / / Toward Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems: Framing the Challenges Workshop Committee, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009

ISBN

0-309-14086-2

1-282-23929-5

9786612239298

0-309-13793-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 p.)

Disciplina

363

Soggetti

Infrastructure (Economics) - United States

Infrastructure (Economics) - Government policy - United States

Economic development - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-46).

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Why Critical Infrastructure Systems Matter""; ""2 Meeting 21st Century Imperatives with 20th Century Infrastructure Systems""; ""3 Underlying Issues""; ""4 Creating a New Paradigm""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biosketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and Draft Infrastructure Challenges""; ""Appendix D: Summary of Workshop Outcomes""