05114nam 2200673Ia 450 991082910590332120230411204103.01-280-21503-897866102150340-309-55516-70-585-14248-3(CKB)110986584750802(EBL)3377005(SSID)ssj0000122464(PQKBManifestationID)11142138(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122464(PQKBWorkID)10131702(PQKB)10276472(MiAaPQ)EBC3377005(Au-PeEL)EBL3377005(CaPaEBR)ebr10062934(OCoLC)923267609(EXLCZ)9911098658475080219880727d1988 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCities and their vital systems infrastructure past, present, and future /Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of EngineeringWashington, D.C. :National Academy Press,1988.1 online resource (368 pages) illustrationsSeries on technology and social prioritiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-309-03786-7 Includes bibliographies and index.""Cities and Their Vital Systems""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities""; ""EVOLUTION OF A CITY""; ""COMPARISON OF CITIES""; ""DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION""; ""Statistical Analysis""; ""Data Presentation and Results""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A SELECTED STUDY VARIABLES: EXPLANATORY NOTES""; ""APPENDIX B CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT U.S. CITIES (ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES)""; ""3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach""""A DUAL MODEL OF URBAN SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS"" ""THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF LOCATIONAL PATTERNS: THREE MODELS""; ""Model I. Pure Necessity: Location under Independent Preferences""; ""Model 2. Pure Chance: Location by Spin-Off""; ""Model 3. Chance and Necessity: Location under Agglomeration Economies""; ""PATH-DEPENDENCE AND CONVEXITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth""""REFERENCES"" ""APPENDIX""; ""6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY""; ""PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEW SERVICE ECONOMY""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL SCALE""; ""HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSING UNITS IN THE LARGEST CITIES""; ""Socioeconomic Status of Households""; ""Stage in the Household Life Cycle""; ""Race and Ethnicity""; ""SOCIAL STATUS AND HOUSING VALUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS""; ""Chicago""; ""Los Angeles""; ""New York City""""COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUES""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""Case 1: The Malthusian Population""; ""Case 2: One-to-One Competition""; ""Case 3: Multiple Competition""; ""AIR TRANSPORT""; ""1995 AND BEYOND""; ""MOVING ENERGY""; ""Coal""; ""Oil""; ""Natural Gas""; ""Nuclear Energy""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Special Cases: The Malthusian Case""; ""One-to-One Competition Case""; ""Multiple Competition Case""""8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures"" ""TRANSPORTATION""; ""Aircraft""; ""The Automobile""; ""Railroads""; ""Canals""; ""Transport Infrastructure""; ""PRIMARY ENERGY""; ""Energy Consumption""; ""Energy Substitution""; ""Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transport""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Estimation Methods for the Logistic Growth Function""; ""The Technological Substitution Models and Parameter Estimates""; ""NOTES""; ""Bibliography""; ""9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects""; ""CAUSES OF AIRPORT CONGESTION""; ""PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT""; ""10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures""Series on technology and social priorities.Cities and townsUnited StatesGrowthCongressesInfrastructure (Economics)United StatesCongressesPublic worksUnited StatesCongressesCities and townsGrowthInfrastructure (Economics)Public works363.0973Ausubel Jesse872095Herman Robert334738National Academy of Engineering.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829105903321Cities and their vital systems3946285UNINA