Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ausubel, Jesse.

Herman, Robert.

National Academy of Engineering.

Series:

Series on technology and social priorities.

Series on technology and social priorities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--United States--Growth--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Congresses.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Public works--United States--Congresses.

Public works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cities and Their Vital Systems asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures; analyzes how they grow, interact, and change; and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced. Among the topics discussed are problems arising from increasing air travel and airport congestion; the adequacy of water supplies and waste treatment; the impact of new technologies on construction; urban real estate values; and the field of "telematics," the combination of computers and telecommunications that makes money machines and national newspapers possible.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

9786610215034

9781280215032

1280215038

9780309555166

0309555167

9780585142487

0585142483

OCLC:

923267609