Cities and Their Vital Systems: Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future

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Cities and Their Vital Systems: Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future (1988)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

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Front Matter (R1-R10)

1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives (1-21)

2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities (22-70)

3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach (71-84)

4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence (85-97)

5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth (98-107)

6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values (108-145)

7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future (146-174)

8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures (175-221)

9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects (222-231)

10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures (233-248)

11 Reflections on the Telecommunications Infrastructure (249-257)

12 Water Supply and Distribution: The Next 50 Years (258-277)

13 The Urban Wastewater Infrastructure (278-293)

14 New Construction Technologies for Rebuilding the Nation's Infrastructure (294-311)

15 Longevity of Infrastructure (312-332)

Contributors (333-338)

Index (339-357)