Toward Infrastructure Improvement : An Agenda for Research

Toward Infrastructure Improvement -- Copyright -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SYSTEM -- INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND THE NSF'S ROLE -- NICHE OPPORTUNITIES -- RESEARCH LEADING TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE STUDY AND ITS ORIGIN -- THE SCOPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE BENEFITS OF INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- NOTES -- 2 THE CONTEXT AND STATUS OF U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- U.S. SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE R&D -- RESEARCHERS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS -- Government Laboratories -- Academic Institutions -- Professional, Industry, And Trade Institutes -- International Activities -- PRIOR STUDIES OF RESEARCH NEEDS -- THE NSF'S ROLE IN INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH -- THE NICHE AREAS -- NOTES -- 3 Systems Life-Cycle Management -- INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND AND SERVICE-LIFE MANAGEMENT -- Issues Of Public Goods Demand, Prices, And Costs -- Managing Derived Demand -- Infrastructure As A Life-Cycle Production Process -- Assessing Consequences Of Materials Innovation -- TOTAL SYSTEM INVENTORY, MONITORING, AND MANAGEMENT -- Analytical Inventories Of Infrastructure Systems -- Statistical Analyses And Benchmarking5 of Infrastructure -- Deviations-Detection Systems For Public Health And Safety -- Quicker Response Infrastructure Management -- Infrastructure Junction Points And Common-Use Corridors -- Private And Public Interface In Infrastructure -- STANDARDS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER EXTERNAL INFLUENCES -- Shifts In Design And Management Objectives -- New Approaches To Siting And Technology Decisions -- NOTES -- 4 ANALYSIS AND DECISION TOOLS -- SYSTEMS MODELS -- Ex Post Analysis Of Planning And Design Methods -- Demand/Capacity Analysis -- FASTER INTEGRATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO DESIGN PRACTICE.