The Future of National Infrastructure (original) (raw)

Infrastructure forms the economic backbone of modern society. It is a key determinant of economic competitiveness, social well-being and environmental sustainability. Yet infrastructure systems (energy, transport, water, waste and ICT) in advanced economies globally face serious challenges. For the first time, a leading team of researchers sets out a systematic approach to making long-term choices about national infrastructure systems. Great Britain is used as a case study to demonstrate how the methodologies and accompanying models can be effectively applied in a national infrastructure assessment. Lessons and insights for other industrialised nations and emerging economies are highlighted, demonstrating practical scenarios for delivering infrastructure services in a wide range of future socio-economic and environmental conditions. The Future of National Infrastructure provides practitioners, policy-makers, and academics with the concepts, models and tools needed to identify and test robust, sustainable, and resilient strategies for the provision of national infrastructure.

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Select Contributors

Select Preface

Select Part I - A system-of-systems approach

Select 1 - Introducing national infrastructure assessment

Select 2 - A framework for analysing the long-term performance of interdependent infrastructure systems

Select 3 - Future demand for infrastructure services

Select 4 - Energy systems assessment

Select 5 - Transport systems assessment

Select 6 - Water supply systems assessment

Select 7 - Wastewater systems assessment

Select 8 - Solid waste systems assessment

Select 9 - Digital communications and information systems

Select 10 - Assessing the performance of national infrastructure strategies

Select 11 - Quantifying interdependencies: the energy–transport and water–energy nexus

Select 12 - Analysing the risks of failure of interdependent infrastructure networks

Select 13 - Database, simulation modelling and visualisation for national infrastructure assessment

Select 14 - Governance of interdependent infrastructure networks

Select 15 - The future of national infrastructure

Select Index

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