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Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future
- Title
- Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- viii, 357 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Series on technology and social priorities
- Uniform Title
- Series on technology and social priorities.
- Subject
- Cities and towns > United States > Growth > Congresses
- Infrastructure (Economics) > United States > Congresses
- Public works > United States > Congresses
- Infrastructure (Économie politique) > États-Unis > Congrès
- Villes > États-Unis > Croissance > Congrès
- Travaux publics > États-Unis > Congrès
- Cities and towns > Growth
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Public works
- Infrastruktur
- Stadt
- Kongress
- Steden
- Infrastructuur
- Infrastructure (économie politique) > États-Unis > Congrès
- United States
- USA
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Congress
- Kongress – Woods Hole (Mass.) – 1986.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- Cities and infrastructure / Robert Herman and Jesse H. Ausubel -- The dynamic characterizations of cities / Robert Herman, Siamak A. Ardekani, Shekhar Govind, and Edgar Dona -- How cities grew in the western world / Lynn Hollen Lees and Paul M. Hohenberg -- Urban systems and historical path dependence / W. Brian Arthur -- An economic model of urban growth / Martin J. Beckmann -- Growth of U.S. cities and recent trends in urban real estate values / John S. Adams -- Infrastructures for movement / Cesare Marchetti -- Dynamics and replacement of U.S. transport infrastructure / Nebojsa Nakicenovic -- Air traffic congestion / Thomas Craig -- Combining communications and computing / Dean Gillette -- Reflections on the telecommunications infrastructure / Harvey Brooks -- Water supply and distribution / Royce Hanson -- The urban wastewater infrastructure / Bernard B. Berger -- New construction technologies for rebuilding the nation's infrastructure / C. Williams Ibbs and Diego Echeverry -- Longevity of infrastructure / Gregg Marland and Alvin M. Weinberg.
- ISBN
- 0309037867
- 9780309037860
- 0030903786
- 9780030903786
- 0030903785
- LCCN
- 88012517
- OCLC
- ocm17878130
- 17878130
- SCSB-1195300
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library