TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance SN - 978-0-309-05098-2 DO - 10.17226/4929 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4929/measuring-and-improving-infrastructure-performance PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Engineering and Technology KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - 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. ER -