Digital Infrastructures: Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology / Edition 1

by Thomas Horan, Rae Zimmerman

Overview

An invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on network demand, performance, reliability, and security. Digital Infrastructures presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the technological systems that envelop these networks. The book balances analyses of specific civil and environmental infrastructures with broader policy and management issues, including the challenges of using IT to manage these critical systems under crises conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415324601
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/09/2004
Series:	Networked Cities Series
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas Horan, Rae Zimmerman

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Part I: Overview 1. What are Digital Infrastructures? Rae Zimmerman and Thomas Horan 2. Technology and Engineering Dimensions William O'Brien and Luis Soibelman 3. Management Challenges Thomas Horan and Roy Sparrow 4. Policy Perspectives Jonathan Gifford Part II: Infrastructure Cases 5. Water Rae Zimmerman 6. Transportation Christopher Cluett 7. Electricity Massoud Amin 8. Telecommunications Mitchell Moss and Anthony Townsend Part III: Crosscutting Issues 9. Economics of Information Technology David Henry and Jess Dumagan 10. Infrastructure and IT Dimensions in the Developing World Carlos Restrepo 11. Green Design Principles Timothy Beatley 12. Earth Systems Engineering Braden Allenby Part IV: Conclusion 13. Themes and New Directions Thomas Horan and Rae Zimmerman