US infrastructure : challenges and directions for the 21st century / edited by Aman Khan and Klaus Becker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khan, Aman, editor.

Becker, Klaus, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Infrastructure (Economics).

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

Infrastructure (Economics)--Government policy.

Planning.

United States.

Finance.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Government policy--United States.

Transportation--United States--Planning.

Transportation.

Transportation--United States--Finance.

Transportation and state--United States.

Transportation and state.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Finance.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Planning.

Transportation--Finance.

Transportation--Planning.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

U.S. infrastructure

United States infrastructure

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Transportation infrastructure continues to crumble in the United States, and there appears to be little political will to do much about it. US Infrastucture is the first book to bring together a multi-dimensional perspective to explore the field holistically - the structure, economics, finance, planning, politics, and policy of our transportation and technology - to provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of the problems faced by policymakers and planners. Written by top academics in the field and aimed at policymakers, managers, and administrators in public and private organizations, as well as students, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the US infrastructure problem, its causes and consequences, and suggests timely, specific measures that may be taken at the state, local, and federal levels to improve and better secure our roads, transit, public buildings, economy, and technology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

US Infrastructure: An Overview of Issues and Opportunities / Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Part I: Structure, Technological Innovation and Sustainability

State of US Infrastructure: Current and Future Perspective /

Bjorn Birgisson and Robert L. Lytton

Technological Innovation and Intelligent Transportation Systems for the US: Perspectives for the 21st Century / Stephen G. Ritchie, Craig Rindt, and Dean Deeter

Information Technology and US Infrastructure: Perspectives for the 21st Century / Burcu Akinci and Varun Kasireddy

Enhancing Sustainability of Transportation Infrastructure in the 21st Century: The Case for Using Increased Recycled Materials in Pavement Construction / Musharraf Zaman, Rouzbeh Ghabchi, and Zahid Hossain

The Sustainability Myth: How a Changing Climate Alters the Paradigms of Infrastructure Design and Maintenance / Katharine Hayhoe

Part II: Economics, Productivity, and Finance

Microeconomic Perspectives on US Transportation Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century / Ian Savage

Critical Macroeconomic and Multisectoral Perspectives on US Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century / Haider A. Khan

Cross State Variation in the Characteristics, Effects and Financing of US Highways / Randall W. Eberts

Infrastructure Productivity and the US Economy: Prospects for the 21st Century / Olga Murova and Aman Khan

Financing US Infrastructure: Choices for the 21st Century / Martin Wachs

Public-Private Partnership and the Future of US Infrastructure / Jonathan. L. Gifford

Part III: Institutions, Security and Politics

US Infrastructure Gap(s): Federal Policy and Local Public Institutions / Michael Bennon, Julie Kim, and Raymond Levitt

Planning Robust 21st Century US Urban Infrastructure: Socially Driven Transitions from Pre-Industrial, Carbon Intensive and Carbon-Sensitive Infrastructure / Rae Zimmerman, Nancy B. Grimm, and Alice Brawley-Chesworth

Energy Infrastructure Security: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century / Annette Sobel, Brian Ancell and Richard Lanza

Infrastructure Politics: Implications for a Cohesive National Transportation Policy in the 21st Century / Richardson Dilworth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: US infrastructure

ISBN:

9781138543294

1138543292

9781138543300

1138543306

OCLC:

1090175434