In our own backyard : principles for effective improvement of the nation's infrastructure / / Committee on Infrastructure, Building Research Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 117 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 363/.0973
• Soggetto topico: Public works - United States; Infrastructure (Economics) - United States
• Altri autori: GrantAlbert A LemerAndrew C
• Note generali: "Albert A. Grant, Andrew C. Lemer, editors."; Committee chairman: Albert A. Grant.; Support provided by the Department of the Army, Federal Highway Administration and the National Science Foundation.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: IN OUR OWN BACKYARD -- Copyright -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A NEED FOR CHANGE -- BUILDING ON EXPERIENCE -- PRINCIPLES FOR SEEKING "WIN-WIN" OUTCOMES -- Principle 1: Geography Matters -- Principle 2: The Paradigm is Broadening -- Principle 3: Value the "Public" in Public Works -- STARTING IN OUR OWN BACKYARD -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- WHAT THE REPORT CONTAINS -- THINKING BROADLY, OBSERVING LOCALLY -- REFERENCES -- 2 THINKING BROADLY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE -- INFRASTRUCTURE'S MANY SERVICES -- PUBLIC WORKS AND PRIVATE -- EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES -- INSTITUTIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- REFERENCES -- 3 OBSERVING LOCALLY -- THE COLLOQUIA SERIES -- PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- Background -- Asphalt Pavement Using Recycled Rubber Tires and Other Design Features -- Papago Freeway and Margaret Hance Park -- Squaw Peak Parkway and Thomas Road Overpass -- 27th Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility -- Water Resources and Canals -- Grass-Roots Initiative and Sunnyslope Village -- How Representative Is the Phoenix Experience? -- Extracting More General Principles -- CINCINNATI, OHIO -- Background -- The Stormwater Management Utility -- The Infrastructure Commission -- The Infrastructure Improvement Program -- How Representative is the Cincinnati Experience? -- Extracting More General Principles -- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- Background -- Public Transport, Public Involvement, and the Southwest Corridor -- Building the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel -- Massachusetts Water Resource Authority "Turning the Tide on Pollution -- How Representative is the Boston Experience? -- Extracting More General Principles -- REFERENCES -- 4 PRINCIPLES FOR ACTION ON INFRASTRUCTURE -- THREE KEY PRINCIPLES FOR ACTION -- Principle 1: Geography Matters -- Principle 2: The Paradigm is Broadening -- Principle 3: Value The "Public" in Public Works -- TOWARD NATIONAL POLICY AND BEYOND -- REFERENCES. ; APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- BRB/CETS LIAISON -- BRB STAFF -- APPENDIX B THE BRB/CETS/NRC STRATEGIC PROGRAM IN INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE ACADEMY'S STRATEGIC PROGRAM -- SCOPE OF THE PRESENT STUDY -- OTHER STUDIES -- THE PROGRAM'S FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX C STUDY PARTICIPANTS.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: In our own backyard
• ISBN: 9786610211180; 9781280211188; 1280211180; 9780309598385; 0309598389; 9780585155258; 0585155259
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960214603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in infrastructure technology and policy.