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Titolo: |
Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1988 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 363.0973 |
Soggetto topico: | Cities and towns - United States - Growth |
Infrastructure (Economics) - United States | |
Public works - United States | |
Altri autori: |
AusubelJesse
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographies and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Cities and their vital systems ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-21503-8 |
9786610215034 | |
0-309-55516-7 | |
0-585-14248-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778782403321 |
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