This paper brings together three major themes in laying out a roadmap for the economic vitality of the United States in the global arena of the 21st century. First, megaregions, in the US and around the world are become the crucibles of economic growth and development as they compete across, if...

On December 26, 2004, countries in the Indian Ocean basin were struck by a tsunami generated by a large magnitude earthquake just south of the western tip of Sumatra. Observations made during a post-tsunami visit to coastal Thailand suggest that the value of the proposed emergency warning system...

As civil infrastructure projects have grown in scale and scope, their cost has increased accordingly. As a result, we have entered what has been termed the era of the infrastructure mega-project; those that typically cost more than US $1 billion (oftentimes much more) and also have major impacts...

As the United States emerges from the economic collapse of 2008, the question of how to address years of chronic underinvestment in infrastructure remains a pressing issue. Taken together, annual investment in public and quasi-public infrastructure systems of 4 to 6 per cent of GDP ($500-$700...

Simply rebuilding the existing levees in New Orleans to make them stronger will not protect the city from catastrophe in the future. More comprehensive approaches will provide decision makers at all levels - from elected officials to individual homeowners - with incentives to manage flood risk...