Cities and their vital systems :  infrastructure past, present, and future / 
Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Academy Press,  1988. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 357 pages) :  illustrations 
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 - Series on technology and social priorities .
 - Series on technology and social priorities. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>""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"" ""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"" 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585142483 9780585142487 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns--Growth--United States--Congresses.<br/>Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Congresses.<br/>Public works--United States--Congresses.<br/>Infrastructure (�Economie politique)--Congr�es.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Villes--Croissance--Congr�es.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Travaux publics--Congr�es.--�Etats-Unis<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.<br/>Cities and towns--Growth.<br/>Infrastructure (Economics)<br/>Public works.<br/>Stadt<br/>Infrastruktur<br/>Kongress<br/>Steden.<br/>Infrastructuur.<br/>Villes--Croissance--Congr�es.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Infrastructure (�economie politique)--Congr�es.--�Etats-Unis<br/>Travaux publics--Congr�es.--�Etats-Unis
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Conference papers and proceedings.<br/>Conference papers and proceedings.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT371  / .C585 1988eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363/.0973 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>HT371.C58