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Public Infrastructure Management

Author : Frederick Bloetscher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781604271393
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Public Infrastructure Management written by Frederick Bloetscher and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the long-term maintenance, repair, and replacement of public infrastructure in a practical, cost effective manner--something that is missing in the current literature. Fixing our public infrastructure is essential for public health and safety and is fast becoming a national priority. This title provides an overview of the major public works infrastructure systems (water, sanitary sewer, stormwater, roads, bridges, and railways), including components, operational goals, maintenance, areas where failure can occur, and ways to address failure. Risk and vulnerability to these systems are evaluated and guidance on how to create a condition index (assessment), given limited data, is provided. It also includes statistical methods to make an assessment more robust. Recommendations on budgeting strategies and capital planning are also discussed and designed to bring the risk, vulnerability, and condition indices together into a thorough decision-making process. It is a must read for anyone involved in public infrastructure management, including professional civil and environmental engineers, utility managers, local government managers and officials, urban and regional planners, and civil and environmental engineering students.

Infrastructure Planning and Finance

Author : Vicki Elmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135906416
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure Planning and Finance written by Vicki Elmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure Planning and Finance is a non-technical guide to the engineering, planning, and financing of major infrastucture projects in the United States, providing both step-by-step guidance, and a broad overview of the technical, political, and economic challenges of creating lasting infrastructure in the 21st Century. Infrastructure Planning and Finance is designed for the local practitioner or student who wants to learn the basics of how to develop an infrastructure plan, a program, or an individual infrastructure project. A team of authors with experience in public works, planning, and city government explain the history and economic environment of infrastructure and capital planning, addressing common tools like the comprehensive plan, sustainability plans, and local regulations. The book guides readers through the preparation and development of comprehensive plans and infrastructure projects, and through major funding mechanisms, from bonds, user fees, and impact fees to privatization and competition. The rest of the book describes the individual infrastructure systems: their elements, current issues and a 'how-to-do-it' section that covers the system and the comprehensive plan, development regulations and how it can be financed. Innovations such as decentralization, green and blue-green technologies are described as well as local policy actions to achieve a more sustainable city are also addressed. Chapters include water, wastewater, solid waste, streets, transportation, airports, ports, community facilities, parks, schools, energy and telecommunications. Attention is given to how local policies can ensure a sustainable and climate friendly infrastructure system, and how planning for them can be integrated across disciplines.

Infrastructure Management

Author : W. Ronald Hudson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure Management written by W. Ronald Hudson and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition demonstrates various infrastructure management tools and techniques for application to roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste water facilities, parks, buildings, and sports complexes. It integrates planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation and renovation along with life-cycle, decision support systems, database management, analysis and modelling. Examples and case studies are included throughout.

Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition

Author : Waheed Uddin
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071820124
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition written by Waheed Uddin and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Latest Tools and Techniques for Managing Infrastructure Assets Fully updated throughout, this practical resource provides a proven, cost-effective infrastructure asset management framework that integrates planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation. Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition, describes the most current methodologies for effectively managing roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste facilities, parks, public buildings, and sports complexes. This comprehensive guide covers information management and decision support systems, including proprietary solutions and new technological developments such as cloud storage. The book discusses total quality management, economics, life-cycle analysis, and maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction programming. Up-to-date examples and real-world case studies illustrate the practical applications of the concepts presented in this thoroughly revised reference. This new edition features: Planning, needs assessment, and performance indicators Database management, data needs, and analysis Inventory, historical, and environmental data In-service monitoring and evaluation data Performance modeling and failure analysis Design for infrastructure service life Construction Maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction strategies, policies, and treatment alternatives Dealing with new or alternate concepts Prioritization, optimization, and work programs Integrated infrastructure asset management systems Visual IMS: an illustrative infrastructure management system and applications Available asset management system and commercial off-the-shelf providers Benefits of implementing an asset management system Sustainability, environmental stewardship, and asset management Future directions for infrastructure asset management

Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment

Author : Edward L. Glaeser
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022680058X
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment written by Edward L. Glaeser and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Policy-makers often call for expanding public spending on infrastructure, which includes a broad range of investments from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband. Some point to near-term macro-economic benefits and job creation, others focus on long-term effects on productivity and economic growth. This volume explores the links between infrastructure spending and economic outcomes, as well as key economic issues in the funding and management of infrastructure projects. It draws together research studies that describe the short-run stimulus effects of infrastructure spending, develop new estimates of the stock of U.S. infrastructure capital, and explore the incentive aspects of public-private partnerships (PPPs). A salient issue is the treatment of risk in evaluating publicly-funded infrastructure projects and in connection with PPPs. The goal of the volume is to provide a reference for researchers seeking to expand research on infrastructure issues, and for policy-makers tasked with determining the appropriate level of infrastructure spending"--

Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

Author : Carlos Oliveira Cruz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642369103
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships written by Carlos Oliveira Cruz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-18 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic development and social welfare depend on the existence of effective and efficient infrastructure systems, particularly in health, energy, transportation and water, many of which are developed and managed through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). However, empirical evidence suggests some pitfalls in the use of these PPP arrangements. This book addresses these issues, focusing on mostly three key questions: How to improve the robustness of the decision-making process leading to the option of PPP? How to improve contract management as the longest phase of the process? How can contracts be improved to accommodate uncertainty and avoid harmful renegotiations? The authors explore the concept of flexible contracts, the uncertainty modeling for improving the robustness of the decision-making process, and develop an overall framework for effective contract management, along with a comprehensive analysis of current renegotiation patterns. The ultimate goal is to improve the contractual performance, as well as the overall infrastructure management and social welfare.

Infrastructure Planning and Management: An Integrated Approach

Author : Virendra Proag
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030485595
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure Planning and Management: An Integrated Approach written by Virendra Proag and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how water, electricity/power, roads and other infrastructure services are linked together within the general basket of development and how to obtain the optimum use of resources. The emphasis, nowadays, is on multipurpose activities, optimum use of resources, environmental approach, minimum use of energy. This book tries to integrate all of these, by showing the links between the different components of infrastructure and trying to model them. A well articulated, socially attractive and desirable project may fail during the implementation or operation stage, not only from bad design, but also due to inadequate attention paid to the human aspects required for its operation. This book is intended for graduates and practising professionals who are involved in the general development planning of their country/region. It enables better understanding, collaboration and communication with other professionals in relation to their own or different disciplines.

Corruption, Infrastructure Management and Public–Private Partnership

Author : Mohammad Heydari
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100046587X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Corruption, Infrastructure Management and Public–Private Partnership written by Mohammad Heydari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public–Private Partnerships (PPP or 3Ps) allow the public sector to seek alternative funding and expertise from the private sector during procurement processes. Such partnerships, if executed with due diligence, often benefit the public immensely. Unfortunately, Public–Private Partnerships can be vulnerable to corruption. This book looks at what measures we can put in place to check corruption during procurement and what good governance strategies the public sector can adopt to improve the performance of 3Ps. The book applies mathematical models to analyze 3Ps. It uses game theory to study the interaction and dynamics between the stakeholders and suggests strategies to reduce corruption risks in various 3Ps stages. The authors explain through game theory-based simulation how governments can adopt a evaluating process at the start of each procurement to weed out undesirable private partners and why the government should take a more proactive approach. Using a methodological framework rooted in mathematical models to illustrate how we can combat institutional corruption, this book is a helpful reference for anyone interested in public policymaking and public infrastructure management.

Federal Policies for Infrastructure Management

Author : Jenifer Wishart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Federal Policies for Infrastructure Management written by Jenifer Wishart and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Data Infrastructure Management

Author : Greg Schulz
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429555504
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Data Infrastructure Management written by Greg Schulz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at various application and data demand drivers, along with data infrastructure options from legacy on premise, public cloud, hybrid, software-defined data center (SDDC), software data infrastructure (SDI), container as well as serverless along with infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), IT as a Service (ITaaS) along with related technology, trends, tools, techniques and strategies. Filled with example scenarios, tips and strategy considerations, the book covers frequently asked questions and answers to aid strategy as well as decision-making.

Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309132568
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation's physical infrastructure facilitates movement of people and goods; provides safe water; provides energy when and where needed; removes wastes; enables rapid communications; and generally supports our economy and quality of life. Developing a framework for guiding attempts at measuring the performance of infrastructure systems and grappling with the concept of defining good performance are the major themes of this book. Focusing on urban regions, within a context of national policy, the volume provides the basis for further in-depth analysis and application at the local, regional, state, and national levels.

Routledge Handbook of Planning and Management of Global Strategic Infrastructure Projects

Author : Edward Ochieng
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000330087
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Planning and Management of Global Strategic Infrastructure Projects written by Edward Ochieng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines complex challenges in managing major strategic economic and social infrastructure projects. It is divided into four primary themes: value-based approach to infrastructure systems appraisal, enabling planning and execution, financing and contracting strategies for infrastructure systems and digitising major infrastructure delivery. Within these four themes, the chapters of the book cover: the value and benefits of infrastructure projects planning for resilient major infrastructure projects sustainable major infrastructure development and management, including during mega events improving infrastructure project financing stakeholder engagement and multi-partner collaborations delivering major infrastructure projects effectively and efficiently whole-life-cycle performance, operations and maintenance relationship risks on major infrastructure projects public-private partnerships, design thinking principles, and innovation and technology. By drawing on insights from their research, the editors and contributors bring a fresh perspective to the transformation of major strategic infrastructure projects. This text is designed to help policymakers and investors select and prioritise their infrastructure needs beyond the constraining logic of political cycles. It offers a practical set of recommendations for governments on attracting private capital for infrastructure projects while creating clear social and economic value for their citizens. Through theoretical underpinning, empirical data and in-depth informative global case studies, the book presents an essential resource for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in all aspects of strategic infrastructure planning, project management, construction management, engineering and business management.

Principles of Infrastructure

Author : Hideo Nakamura
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784899741077
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Infrastructure written by Hideo Nakamura and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure is a priority around the world for all stakeholders. Infrastructure projects can continue for several years, from planning and construction to the provision of services. As development in Asia and the Pacific accelerates, governments must invest more in infrastructure to ensure continued economic growth. This book draws on lessons and case studies from Japan and worldwide, covering broad and long-term infrastructure projects. It describes the principles of developing quality infrastructure and focuses on the various steps of a project--from design, planning, and construction to operation and management. It also discusses overseas development assistance, taking examples from Asian Development Bank and World Bank projects. This book is an important reference tool for policy makers in Asia who are planning and implementing large-scale public infrastructure.

Infrastructure

Author : Brett M. Frischmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199333750
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure written by Brett M. Frischmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure resources are the subject of many contentious public policy debates, including what to do about crumbling roads and bridges, whether and how to protect our natural environment, energy policy, even patent law reform, universal health care, network neutrality regulation and the future of the Internet. Each of these involves a battle to control infrastructure resources, to establish the terms and conditions under which the public receives access, and to determine how the infrastructure and various dependent systems evolve over time. Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources devotes much needed attention to understanding how society benefits from infrastructure resources and how management decisions affect a wide variety of interests. The book links infrastructure, a particular set of resources defined in terms of the manner in which they create value, with commons, a resource management principle by which a resource is shared within a community. The infrastructure commons ideas have broad implications for scholarship and public policy across many fields ranging from traditional infrastructure like roads to environmental economics to intellectual property to Internet policy. Economics has become the methodology of choice for many scholars and policymakers in these areas. The book offers a rigorous economic challenge to the prevailing wisdom, which focuses primarily on problems associated with ensuring adequate supply. The author explores a set of questions that, once asked, seem obvious: what drives the demand side of the equation, and how should demand-side drivers affect public policy? Demand for infrastructure resources involves a range of important considerations that bear on the optimal design of a regime for infrastructure management. The book identifies resource valuation and attendant management problems that recur across many different fields and many different resource types, and it develops a functional economic approach to understanding and analyzing these problems and potential solutions.

Public-Private Partnerships, Capital Infrastructure Project Investments and Infrastructure Finance

Author : Jane Beckett-Camarata
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839096543
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Public-Private Partnerships, Capital Infrastructure Project Investments and Infrastructure Finance written by Jane Beckett-Camarata and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the introduction of a new lens through which to view infrastructure finance policy, this book analyses the role of Public Private Partnerships within the context of long-term capital investment and improvement planning, and as a critical aspect of effective long-term capital infrastructure finance policy.

The Evaluation of Complex Infrastructure Projects

Author : Lasse Gerrits
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178347842X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book The Evaluation of Complex Infrastructure Projects written by Lasse Gerrits and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure projects are notoriously hard to manage so it is important that society learns from the successes and mistakes made over time. However, most evaluation methods run into a conundrum: either they cover a large number of projects but have little to say about their details, or they focus on detailed single-case studies with little in terms of applicability elsewhere. This book presents Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an alternative evaluation method that solves the conundrum to enhance learning.

Infrastructure Delivery Planning

Author : Janice Morphet
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447316789
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure Delivery Planning written by Janice Morphet and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers an unprecedented amount of detailed information and analysis regarding the planning process for the delivery of key infrastructure in the United Kingdom. While most study of this topic limits its focus to specific types or features of infrastructure, Janice Morphet takes a large-scale approach, looking at both separate elements of infrastructure planning and the ways they can be integrated and make use of common practices.