Tending the infrastructure commons: Ensuring the sustainability of our vital public systems
| Autor: | R. G. Little |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Service (business)
Government Public economics Mechanical Engineering media_common.quotation_subject Supply chain Ocean Engineering Building and Construction Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Public domain Firm-specific infrastructure Interdependence Risk analysis (engineering) Sustainability Economics Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Commons Civil and Structural Engineering media_common |
| Zdroj: | Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 1:263-270 |
| ISSN: | 1744-8980 1573-2479 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15732470500103708 |
| Popis: | It is by now well recognized that civil infrastructure systems are essential in providing the range of services generally considered necessary to support a nation's economic well-being and quality of life. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance to government, business, and the general populace that these services are sustained over the long term by periodic replenishment of the physical systems that deliver them. This has proven challenging for several reasons. First, civil infrastructures do not all lie within the public domain. Second, infrastructures are complex systems that are vulnerable to failures or service degradations in other systems because of their interconnected and interdependent natures. Third, despite the obvious importance of reliable and resilient systems to our collective social, economic, and political well-being, it has been difficult to fund the necessary maintenance and capital improvements. Deciding what levels of reliability should be provided and who should pay for it are ... |
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