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008			131216s2014 dcua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781597268059 (hardback)
020			_a1597268054 (cloth)
020			_a9781610911818 (paper)
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100	1		_aBrown, Hillary.
245	1	0	_aNext generation infrastructure: _bprinciples for post-industrial public works / _cby Hillary Brown.
260			_aWashington : _aCovelo : _aLondon : _bIsland Press, _c[2014]
300			_axv, 241 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Foreword by David W. Orr -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Bold Endeavors Needed -- Chapter 2. Toward Infrastructural Ecologies: Interconnected, Multipurpose, and Synergistic Systems -- Chapter 3. Greening Heat and Power: An Integrated Approach to Decarbonizing Energy -- Chapter 4. Advancing Soft Path Water Infrastructure: Combined Constructed and Natural Systems -- Chapter 5. De-Stigmatizing Infrastructure: Design of Community-Friendly Facilities -- Chapter 6. Creating Resilient Coastlines and Waterways: Hard and Soft Constructions -- Chapter 7. Combating Water Stress and Scarcity: Augmented Sources and Improved Storage -- Chapter 8. Ways Forward: Think Systematically, Experiment Locally -- Notes -- Index.
520			_a"The 2007 bridge collapse in Minneapolis-St. Paul quickly became symbolic of the debilitated interstate highway system--and of what many critics see as America's disinvestment in its infrastructure. The extreme vulnerability of single-purpose, aging infrastructure was highlighted once again when Hurricane Sandy churned its way across the northeast United States. Inundating New York City's vital arteries, floodwaters overwhelmed tunnels and sewers; closed bridges; shut down the electrical substations that control mass transit; curtailed gas supplies; and destroyed streets, buildings, and whole neighborhoods. For days and on into weeks, failures triggered by floodwaters deprived millions of electricity, heat, and water services. How can our complex, interdependent utilities support an urbanizing world, subject to carbon constraints and the impacts of climate change? How might these critical networks be made more efficient, less environmentally damaging, and more resilient? Such questions are at the heart of the approaches and initiatives explored in Next Generation Infrastructure. With a better understanding of the possible connections between different services, not only can inadvertent disruptions be reduced, but crosscutting benefits and lower costs will be possible. Next Generation Infrastructure highlights hopeful examples from around the world, ranging from the Mount Poso cogeneration plant in California to urban rainwater harvesting in Seoul, South Korea, to the multi-purpose Marina Barrage project in Singapore. Five bold organizing objectives are proposed that, in the hands of decision-makers and designers, will help bring about a future of multipurpose, low-carbon, resilient infrastructure that is tightly coordinated with natural and social systems. In their conception and design, the innovative projects highlighted in Next Generation Infrastructure encourage us to envision infrastructure within a larger economic, environmental, and social context, and to share resources across systems, reducing costs and extending benefits. Through this systems approach to lifeline services, we can begin to move toward a more resilient future. "--
520			_a"In response to the infrastructure crisis in the U.S.--brought to the forefront by the Minneapolis bridge collapse and the devastation of Hurricane Sandy--Hillary Brown proposes a new way to approach infrastructure needs. The alternative approach proposed in this volume calls for more diversified, distributed, and interconnected infrastructure that integrates (and in some cases mimics) natural systems"--
650		0	_aInfrastructure (Economics) _xEnvironmental aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aInfrastructure (Economics) _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
650		7	_aARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning. _2bisacsh
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