Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies

ISBN-13: 9780367340261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 226 str.

Michael Neuman

Opis

Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies shows how fundamental planning, design, finance, and governance principles can be adapted for sustainable infrastructure to provide solutions to make cities significantly more sustainable.

Spis treści

Part I: Infrastructure, Cities, and Sustainability  Introduction  1. Infrastructure Investments, Public and Private Gains  2. Infiltrating Infrastructure: Defining Infrastructure and its Role in Society  3. Sustainable Infrastructure Begets Sustainable Cities  Part II: Planning for Sustainable Infrastructures  4. City Planning and Infrastructure  Big Dig Project  5. Infrastructure Planning  Three Gorges Dam Project  6. Demand-Capacity Management  Part III: Management  7. Governing Institutions  8. Financing and Budgeting  9. Future Directions

O autorze

Michael Neuman is Professor of Sustainable Urbanism at the University of Westminster and principal of the Michael Neuman Consultancy. He is the multi-award-winning author of numerous books, articles, chapters, reports, and plans that have been translated into ten languages. His research and practice span urbanism, planning, design, engineering, sustainability, infrastructure, and governance. He has advised mayors in Europe, the United States, and Australia, the Regional Plan Association of New York, the Barcelona Metropolitan Plan, and other governments and private clients around the world.