This book explores all the issues behind the creation of new infrastructures and examines the effects they will have on the shape of the cities in the twenty-first century.
Author(s): Richard Hanley
Series: Networked Cities Series
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Language: English
Commentary: 67351
Pages: 389
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 16
PART I......Page 17
1 Metropolitan Areas as Global Crossroads: Moving People, Goods, and Information in the International Economy......Page 19
PART II......Page 37
2 Intelligent Transportation Systems: Creating Operational, Institutional, and Labor Force Changes in the United States......Page 39
3 Integrated Infrastructures for Moving Goods in the Digital Age......Page 50
4 Ports of the Twenty-First Century: The Age of Aquarius......Page 68
5 Moving Information in the Twenty-First Century City......Page 85
PART III......Page 102
6 Financing New Infrastructures: Public/Private Partnerships and Private Finance Initiatives......Page 104
7 An Exchange on Building U.S. Road Capacity: The Politics of Gridlock......Page 128
8 An Exchange on Building U.S. Road Capacity: Metropolitan Transportation Politics......Page 143
9 How Decisions Are Made: An Interview with Albert Appleton on Changing Minds about the Gowanus Expressway......Page 154
10 The Chinese Information and Telecommunications Technology Infrastructure: Who Built It and For Whom?......Page 173
11 Charting Movement: Mapping Internet Infrastructures......Page 190
PART IV......Page 222
12 Social and Environmental Dimensions of Cutting-Edge Infrastructures......Page 224
13 Combining Urban Infrastructures of Movement: A Vision of Sustainability......Page 247
14 Constructing Premium Network Spaces: Reflections on Infrastructure Networks and Contemporary Urban Development......Page 262
15 The Workforce Infrastructure: Issues and Challenges for Policy Makers......Page 284
PART V......Page 303
16 Moving People, Goods, and Information in Singapore: Roads and Rails......Page 305
17 Moving People, Goods, and Information in Singapore: The Sea......Page 325
18 Moving People, Goods, and Information in Singapore: Intelligent Corridors......Page 339
INDEX......Page 374
