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Toward Infrastructure Improvement: An Agenda for Research
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Commission on Engineering and Technical (Author)
ISBN: 0309051444     ISBN-13: 9780309051446
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE:   $41.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 1994
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development
- Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general)
Dewey: 363.097
LCCN: 94067335
Series: Studies in Infrastructure Technology & Policy
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6" W x 9.01" (0.53 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
 
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This book advises the federal government on a national infrastructure research agenda. It takes the position that the traditional disciplinary and institutional divisions among infrastructure modes and professions are largely historical artifacts that impose barriers to the development of new technology and encourages the government to embrace a more interdisciplinary approach. In order to be practical, the study focuses on infrastructure technologies that can be incorporated into or overlay current systems, allow for alternative future alternative future urban development, and are likely to have value cutting across the distinct functional modes of infrastructure. Finally, the report is organized according to seven broad cross-cutting areas that should promote interdisciplinary approaches to infrastructure problems: systems life-cycle management, analysis and decision tools, information management, condition assessment and monitoring technology, the science of materials performance and deterioration, construction equipment and procedures, and technology management.