Cities and their vital systems : infrastructure past, present, and future / Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors ; National Academy of Engineering.
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TextSeries: Series on technology and social prioritiesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 357 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585142483
- 9780585142487
- Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- Congresses
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- Congresses
- Public works -- United States -- Congresses
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- Congresses
- Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- Congresses
- Public works -- United States -- Congresses
- Infrastructure (Économie politique) -- États-Unis -- Congrès
- Villes -- États-Unis -- Croissance -- Congrès
- Travaux publics -- États-Unis -- Congrès
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Public works
- United States
- Stadt
- Infrastruktur
- Kongress
- Steden
- Infrastructuur
- Villes -- États-Unis -- Croissance -- Congrès
- Infrastructure (économie politique) -- États-Unis -- Congrès
- Travaux publics -- États-Unis -- Congrès
- USA
- 363/.0973 19
- HT371 .C585 1988eb
- 74.25
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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""Cities and Their Vital Systems""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities""; ""EVOLUTION OF A CITY""; ""COMPARISON OF CITIES""; ""DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION""; ""Statistical Analysis""; ""Data Presentation and Results""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A SELECTED STUDY VARIABLES: EXPLANATORY NOTES""; ""APPENDIX B CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT U.S. CITIES (ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES)""; ""3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach""
""A DUAL MODEL OF URBAN SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS""""THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence""; ""THE EVOLUTION OF LOCATIONAL PATTERNS: THREE MODELS""; ""Model I. Pure Necessity: Location under Independent Preferences""; ""Model 2. Pure Chance: Location by Spin-Off""; ""Model 3. Chance and Necessity: Location under Agglomeration Economies""; ""PATH-DEPENDENCE AND CONVEXITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth""
""COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUES""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""Case 1: The Malthusian Population""; ""Case 2: One-to-One Competition""; ""Case 3: Multiple Competition""; ""AIR TRANSPORT""; ""1995 AND BEYOND""; ""MOVING ENERGY""; ""Coal""; ""Oil""; ""Natural Gas""; ""Nuclear Energy""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Special Cases: The Malthusian Case""; ""One-to-One Competition Case""; ""Multiple Competition Case""
""8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport Infrastructures""""TRANSPORTATION""; ""Aircraft""; ""The Automobile""; ""Railroads""; ""Canals""; ""Transport Infrastructure""; ""PRIMARY ENERGY""; ""Energy Consumption""; ""Energy Substitution""; ""Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transport""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Estimation Methods for the Logistic Growth Function""; ""The Technological Substitution Models and Parameter Estimates""; ""NOTES""; ""Bibliography""; ""9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects""; ""CAUSES OF AIRPORT CONGESTION""; ""PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT""
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