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Appendix B The BRB/CETS/NRC Strategic Program in Infrastructure
Pages 108-112

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From page 108...
... The NRC provided advice to the National Council on Public Works Improvement on matters of technological innovation (NRC, 1987) , in the process contributing to the development of a concise definition of "infrastructures that has subsequently gained some support in professional and policy circles.2i THE ACADEMY'S STRATEGIC PROGRAM Participants in these venous NRC activities, particularly members and staff of BRB and its parent unit, the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)
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From page 109...
... For topics related to particular infrastructures within the purview of current academy activities, the program would foster a broad multidisciplinary outlook but would draw primarily on the resources of existing units within the academy complex. The program as a whole would provide a framework and strategic direction for specific individual activities to be undertaken on a stand-alone basis.
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From page 110...
... By early 1991, BRB had received only a fraction of the support solicited for the colloquium series; this support came from the National Science Foundation and the Department of the Army. However, judging that further delay would severely threaten the strategic program's potential for positive impact, the BRB decided to proceed with the colloquium series.
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From page 111...
... The resulting research agenda will present high-priority opportunities that may be used by the National Science Foundation and the research community to guide basic infrastructure core research, targeted ultimately to provide lessons of cross-cutting value for effective infrastructure development and management. The study is focused on fundamental underpinnings of physical infrastructure technology, but it will be shaped by the broad national policy debate reflected in such reports as those by the National Council on Public Works Improvement and others already mentioned.
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From page 112...
... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. NRC (National Research Council)
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