Next generation infrastructure : principles for post-industrial public works /
Brown, Hillary.
Next generation infrastructure : principles for post-industrial public works / by Hillary Brown ; foreword by David W. Orr. - Washington, DC : Island Press, 2014. - xv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-232) and index.
Foreword / Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Bold endeavors needed -- Toward infrastructural ecologies: Interconnected, multipurpose, and synergistic systems -- Greening heat and power: an integrated approach to decarbonizing energy -- Advancing soft-path water infrastructure: combined constructed and natural systems -- Destigmatizing infrastructure: design of community-friendly facilities -- Creating resilient coastlines and waterways: hard and soft constructions -- Combating water stress and scarcity: augmented sources and improved storage -- Ways forward: think systematically, experiment locally -- Notes -- Index. by David W. Orr --
"Presents a new way to approach infrastructure needs in the United States, calling for more diversified, distributed, and interconnected infrastructure that integrates (and in some cases mimics) natural systems"--Provided by publisher.
Adult. Adult Follett Library Resources.
1597268054 (trade) 1610911814 9781597268059 (trade) 9781610911818 (paper)
2013039889
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Environmental aspects--United States.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Government policy--United States.
Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Government policy.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Environmental aspects.--United States
HC110.C3 / B76 2014
363.6/0973
Next generation infrastructure : principles for post-industrial public works / by Hillary Brown ; foreword by David W. Orr. - Washington, DC : Island Press, 2014. - xv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-232) and index.
Foreword / Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Bold endeavors needed -- Toward infrastructural ecologies: Interconnected, multipurpose, and synergistic systems -- Greening heat and power: an integrated approach to decarbonizing energy -- Advancing soft-path water infrastructure: combined constructed and natural systems -- Destigmatizing infrastructure: design of community-friendly facilities -- Creating resilient coastlines and waterways: hard and soft constructions -- Combating water stress and scarcity: augmented sources and improved storage -- Ways forward: think systematically, experiment locally -- Notes -- Index. by David W. Orr --
"Presents a new way to approach infrastructure needs in the United States, calling for more diversified, distributed, and interconnected infrastructure that integrates (and in some cases mimics) natural systems"--Provided by publisher.
Adult. Adult Follett Library Resources.
1597268054 (trade) 1610911814 9781597268059 (trade) 9781610911818 (paper)
2013039889
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Environmental aspects--United States.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Government policy--United States.
Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Government policy.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Environmental aspects.--United States
HC110.C3 / B76 2014
363.6/0973