Cities and Their Vital Systems : Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1988.
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Colección: | Series on technology and social priorities Cities and their vital systems
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cities and Their Vital Systems
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Cities and Infrastructure: Synthesis and Perspectives
- REFERENCES
- 2 The Dynamic Characterization of Cities
- EVOLUTION OF A CITY
- COMPARISON OF CITIES
- DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Presentation and Results
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX A SELECTED STUDY VARIABLES: EXPLANATORY NOTES
- APPENDIX B CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT U.S. CITIES (ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES)
- 3 How Cities Grew in the Western World: A Systems Approach
- A DUAL MODEL OF URBAN SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONSTHE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE
- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES
- REFERENCES
- 4 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence
- THE EVOLUTION OF LOCATIONAL PATTERNS: THREE MODELS
- Model I. Pure Necessity: Location under Independent Preferences
- Model 2. Pure Chance: Location by Spin-Off
- Model 3. Chance and Necessity: Location under Agglomeration Economies
- PATH-DEPENDENCE AND CONVEXITY
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- 5 An Economic Model of Urban Growth
- COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUESCONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- 7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future
- METHODOLOGY
- Case 1: The Malthusian Population
- Case 2: One-to-One Competition
- Case 3: Multiple Competition
- AIR TRANSPORT
- 1995 AND BEYOND
- MOVING ENERGY
- Coal
- Oil
- Natural Gas
- Nuclear Energy
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX
- Special Cases: The Malthusian Case
- One-to-One Competition Case
- Multiple Competition Case
- 8 Dynamics and Replacement of U.S. Transport InfrastructuresTRANSPORTATION
- Aircraft
- The Automobile
- Railroads
- Canals
- Transport Infrastructure
- PRIMARY ENERGY
- Energy Consumption
- Energy Substitution
- Crude Oil and Natural Gas Transport
- CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDIX
- Estimation Methods for the Logistic Growth Function
- The Technological Substitution Models and Parameter Estimates
- NOTES
- Bibliography
- 9 Air Traffic Congestion: Problems and Prospects
- CAUSES OF AIRPORT CONGESTION
- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT