Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Evolution of the Urban Infrastructure in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN NETWORKS AND WALKING CITIES: A PERIOD OF FOUNDATIONS, 1790-1855 -- The Development of Urban...

Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance -- Copyright -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SOURCE OF THIS STUDY -- THE STUDY'S FOCUS AND LIMITS -- DEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND DECISION MAKING -- IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- 1 INTRODUCTION...

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...