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Next generation infrastructure : principles for post-industrial public works / by Hillary Brown ; foreword by David W. Orr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, 2014.Description: xv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1597268054 (trade)
  • 1610911814
  • 9781597268059 (trade)
  • 9781610911818 (paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.6/0973 23
LOC classification:
  • HC110.C3 B76 2014
Other classification:
  • ARC010000
Contents:
Foreword / by David W. Orr -- 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.
Summary: "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.
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Books PSAU OLM Circulation/Reserved R 363.60973 B87 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PSAU39142

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-232) and index.

Foreword / by David W. Orr -- 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.

"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.

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