The Future of National Infrastructure

A System-Of-Systems Approach
Herausgeber: Hall, Jim W; Nicholls, Robert J; Hickford, Adrian J; Tran, Martino

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Produktbeschreibung

Infrastructure forms the economic backbone of modern society. It is a key determinant of economic competitiveness, social well-being and environmental sustainability. Yet infrastructure systems (energy, transport, water, waste and ICT) in advanced economies globally face serious challenges. For the first time, a leading team of researchers sets out a systematic approach to making long-term choices about national infrastructure systems. Great Britain is used as a case study to demonstrate how the methodologies and accompanying models can be effectively applied in a national infrastructure assessment. Lessons and insights for other industrialised nations and emerging economies are highlighted, demonstrating practical scenarios for delivering infrastructure services in a wide range of future socio-economic and environmental conditions. The Future of National Infrastructure provides practitioners, policy-makers, and academics with the concepts, models and tools needed to identify and test robust, sustainable, and resilient strategies for the provision of national infrastructure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 189mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9781107066021
• ISBN-10: 1107066026
• Artikelnr.: 43707975

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Part I. A System-of-Systems Approach: 1. Introducing national infrastructure assessment Jim W. Hall
Robert J. Nicholls
Adrian J. Hickford and Martino Tran; 2. A framework for analysing the long-term performance of interdependent infrastructure systems Jim W. Hall
Alexander Otto
Adrian J. Hickford
Robert J. Nicholls and Martino Tran; Part II. Analysing National Infrastructure: 3. Future demand for infrastructure services Chris Thoung
Rachel Beaven
Chengchao Zuo
Mark Birkin
Peter Tyler
Douglas Crawford-Brown
Edward J. Oughton and Scott Kelly; 4. Energy systems assessment Pranab Baruah
Modassar Chaudry
Meysam Qadrdan
Nick Eyre and Nick Jenkins; 5. Transport systems assessment Simon P. Blainey and John M. Preston; 6. Water supply systems assessment Mike Simpson
Matthew C. Ives
Jim W. Hall and Chris G. Kilsby; 7. Wastewater systems assessment Lucy Manning
David W. Graham and Jim W. Hall; 8. Solid waste systems assessment Geoff V. R. Watson
Anne Stringfellow
William Powrie
David A. Turner and Jon Coello; 9. Digital communications and information systems Edward J. Oughton
Martino Tran
Cliff B. Jones and Razgar Ebrahimy; Part III. Integrative Perspectives for the Future: 10. Assessing the performance of national infrastructure strategies Martino Tran
Jim W. Hall
Robert J. Nicholls and Adrian J. Hickford; 11. Quantifying interdependencies: the energy-transport and water-energy nexus Martino Tran
Edward A. Byers
Simon P. Blainey
Pranab Baruah
Modassar Chaudry
Meysam Qadrdan
Nick Eyre and Nick Jenkins; 12. Analysing the risks of failure of interdependent infrastructure networks Raghav Pant
Scott Thacker
Jim W. Hall
Stuart Barr
David Alderson and Scott Kelly; 13. Database
simulation modelling and visualisation for national infrastructure assessment Stuart Barr
David Alderson
Matthew C. Ives and Craig Robson; 14. Governance of interdependent infrastructure networks Ralitsa Hiteva and Jim W. Watson; 15. The future of national infrastructure Jim W. Hall
Robert J. Nicholls
Martino Tran and Adrian J. Hickford; Index.