Sustainable urban and regional infrastructure development technologies, applications and management
Title:
Sustainable urban and regional infrastructure development technologies, applications and management
Author:
Yigitcanlar, Tan.
ISBN:
9781615207763
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxxi, 383 p. : ill., maps) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Green energy / Wendy Miller, Janis Birkeland -- 2. Sustainable water provision / Shinyi Lee, Tan Yigitcanlar, Prasanna Egodawatta, Ashantha Goonetilleke -- 3. The urban water cycle / Les Dawes, Jim Reeves -- 4. Sustainable transport infrastructure / Fatih Dur, Tan Yigitcanlar, Jonathan Bunker -- 5. Green transport infrastructure / Kristiane Davidson, Ned Lukies, Debbie Lehtonen -- 6. Urban telecommunications network / Tan Yigitcanlar, Hoon Han -- 7. Sustainable airport infrastructure / Robyn Keast, Douglas Baker, Kerry Brown -- 8. Knowledge infrastructure / Sujeeva Setunge, Arun Kumar -- 9. Planning infrastructure / Phil Heywood -- 10. Information and communication technology as key infrastructure for sustainable cities / Motoo Kusakabe -- 11. Sustainable urban infrastructure development in South East Asia / Suharto Teriman, Tan Yigitcanlar, Severine Mayere -- 12. Ubiquitous and smart system approaches to infrastructure planning / Sang Lee, Tan Yigitcanlar, Johnny Wong -- 13. The ethics of regional water planning / Justine Lacey, Phil Heywood -- 14. Challenges of making efficient use of existing infrastructure / Eddo Coiacetto -- 15. Contesting "sustainability" in infrastructure planning / Kuniko Shibata, Paul Sanders -- 16. Assessing urban transportation development / Azime Tezer, Care Caliskan, Mehmet Calik, Serkan Sinmaz -- 17. The big brother / Virendra Pathak, Robert Webb -- 18. Integrating regional and infrastructure planning / Michael Regan, Bhishna Bajracharya -- 19. Brisbane urban growth model / Benson Au-Yeung, Tan Yigitcanlar, Severine Mayere, Chean-Piau Lau -- 20. Value for money / Adrian Bridge, Robert Tiong, Shou Wang -- 21. The key to successful implementation / Bambang Trigunarsyah, Martin Skitmore.
Abstract:
"This book aims to bridge the gap in the current literature by addressing the overall problems present in major infrastructure in society, and the technologies that may be applied to overcome these problems"--Provided by publisher.
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Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6