US Infrastructure

Forward Preface Chapter 1: US Infrastructure: An Overview of Issues and Opportunities Part I: Structure, Technological Innovation and Sustainability Chapter 2: State of US Infrastructure: Current and Future Perspective Chapter 3: Technological Innovation and Intelligent Transportation Systems for the US: Perspectives for the 21st Century Chapter 4: Information Technology and US Infrastructure: Perspectives for the 21st Century Chapter 5: Enhancing Sustainability of Transportation Infrastructure in the 21st Century: The Case for Using Increased Recycled Materials in Pavement Construction Chapter 6: The Sustainability Myth: How a Changing Climate Alters the Paradigms of Infrastructure Design and Maintenance Part II: Economics, Productivity, and Finance Chapter 7: Microeconomic Perspectives on US Transportation Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century Chapter 8: Critical Macroeconomic and Multisectoral Perspectives on US Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century Chapter 9: Cross State Variation in the Characteristics, Effects and Financing of US Highways Chapter 10: Infrastructure Productivity and the US Economy: Prospects for the 21st Century Chapter 11: Financing US Infrastructure: Choices for the 21st Century Chapter 12: Public-Private Partnership and the Future of US Infrastructure Part III: Institutions, Security and Politics Chapter 13: US Infrastructure Gap(s): Federal Policy and Local Public Institutions Chapter 14: Planning Robust 21st Century US Urban Infrastructure: Socially Driven Transitions from Pre-Industrial, Carbon Intensive and Carbon-Sensitive Infrastructure Chapter 15: Energy Infrastructure Security: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century Chapter 16: Infrastructure Politics: Implications for a Cohesive National Transportation Policy in the 21st Century