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Perspectives on urban infrastructure / Royce Hanson, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1984.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 058514429X
  • 9780585144290
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Perspectives on urban infrastructure.DDC classification:
  • 363/.0973 19
LOC classification:
  • HC110.C3 P47 1984eb
Other classification:
  • 74.72
Online resources:
Contents:
The evolution of the urban infrastructure in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Joel A. Tarr -- Assessing infrastructure needs: the state of the art / D. Kelly O'Day, Lance A. Neumann -- Financing the nation's infrastructure requirements / George E. Peterson -- Politics and urban public facilities / Heywood T. Sanders -- The future of urban public works: new ways of doing business / Douglas C. Henton, Steven A. Waldhorn.
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Summary: In this provocative volume, distinguished authorities on urban policy expose the myths surrounding today's "infrastructure crisis" in urban public works. Five in-depth papers examine the evolution of the public works system, the limitations of urban needs studies, the financing of public works projects, the impact of politics, and how technology is affecting the types of infrastructures needed for tomorrow's cities.
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Papers and discussions from a Symposium on the Adequacy and Maintenance of Urban Public Facilities, held by the National Research Council, at Airlie House, Warrenton, Va., Feb. 25-26, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references.

The evolution of the urban infrastructure in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Joel A. Tarr -- Assessing infrastructure needs: the state of the art / D. Kelly O'Day, Lance A. Neumann -- Financing the nation's infrastructure requirements / George E. Peterson -- Politics and urban public facilities / Heywood T. Sanders -- The future of urban public works: new ways of doing business / Douglas C. Henton, Steven A. Waldhorn.

In this provocative volume, distinguished authorities on urban policy expose the myths surrounding today's "infrastructure crisis" in urban public works. Five in-depth papers examine the evolution of the public works system, the limitations of urban needs studies, the financing of public works projects, the impact of politics, and how technology is affecting the types of infrastructures needed for tomorrow's cities.

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