Digital Infrastructures : Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology

ISBN-13: 9780415324618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 272 str.

Rae Zimmerman; Thomas A. Horan

Opis

Digital Infrastructures is the first integrated treatment of how IT technology is fundamentally affecting how critical infrastructures are managed. It is geared to provide the new infrastructure professional with state of the art concepts,

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Part I: Overview 1. What are Digital Infrastructures? Rae Zimmerman and Thomas Horan 2. Technology and Engineering Dimensions William O'Brien and Luis Soibelman 3. Management Challenges Thomas Horan and Roy Sparrow 4. Policy Perspectives Jonathan Gifford Part II: Infrastructure Cases 5. Water Rae Zimmerman 6. Transportation Christopher Cluett 7. Electricity Massoud Amin 8. Telecommunications Mitchell Moss and Anthony Townsend Part III: Crosscutting Issues 9. Economics of Information Technology David Henry and Jess Dumagan 10. Infrastructure and IT Dimensions in the Developing World Carlos Restrepo 11. Green Design Principles Timothy Beatley 12. Earth Systems Engineering Braden Allenby Part IV: Conclusion 13. Themes and New Directions Thomas Horan and Rae Zimmerman

O autorze

Thomas Horan, Rae Zimmerman