Cities and Their Vital Systems : (Record no. 84552)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780309555166 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780309037860 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL3377005 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr10062934 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)923267609 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HT371 -- .C585 1988eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.0973 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Herman, Robert. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cities and Their Vital Systems : |
| Remainder of title | Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | National Academies Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1988. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©1988. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (367 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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 CONFIGURATIONS -- THE 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 -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- 6 Growth of U.S. Cities and Recent Trends in Urban Real Estate Values -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN INFRASTRUCTURE -- INFRASTRUCTURE LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY -- PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEW SERVICE ECONOMY -- INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL SCALE -- HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSING UNITS IN THE LARGEST CITIES -- Socioeconomic Status of Households -- Stage in the Household Life Cycle -- Race and Ethnicity -- SOCIAL STATUS AND HOUSING VALUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS -- Chicago -- Los Angeles -- New York City -- COMPARING CENTRAL CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA HOUSING VALUES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Infrastructures for Movement: Past and Future -- METHODOLOGY -- Case 1: The Malthusian Population. |
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| Formatted contents note | 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 Infrastructures -- TRANSPORTATION -- 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 -- 10 Combining Communications and Computing: Telematics Infrastructures -- COMPONENTS OF A TELEMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE -- Data Transmission Facilities -- Data Switching Facilities -- Terminals -- Distributed Processing -- Standards and Protocols -- ARRANGEMENT OF TELEMATICS SYSTEMS -- Topologies and Data Flows -- Networks -- SOCIAL ISSUES -- Computer Intrusion -- The Innovation Process -- PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE -- Components -- Facilities Arrangements -- Social Issues -- Continuing Evolution -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 11 Reflections on the Telecommunications Infrastructure -- THE MARKET SHIFT -- EFFECTS ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS -- MEANINGFUL MEASUREMENT AND PROJECTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12 Water Supply and Distribution: The Next 50 Years -- THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER SYSTEMS -- POLLUTION AND SUPPLY -- CLIMATE CHANGE, GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, AND WATER POLICY -- THE IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING SYSTEMS -- CONSERVATION -- INTERBASIN TRANSFER. |
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| Formatted contents note | RESTRUCTURING MARKETS AND REDESIGNING INSTITUTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13 The Urban Wastewater Infrastructure -- THE COLLECTION SYSTEM -- The Combined Sewer -- Urban Hygiene -- Land Use Management -- WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND THE RECEIVING WATER BODY -- Biological Wastewater Treatment -- Physical and Chemical Methods of Wastewater Treatment -- Water Quality Standards -- Pretreatment of Industrial Wastewaters -- Sludge Management -- COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 14 New Construction Technologies for Rebuilding the Nation's Infrastructure -- THE CURRENT PROBLEM -- NEW MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY -- NEW MONITORING AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES -- NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING -- NEW CONSTRUCTION METHODS -- CONSTRUCTION ROBOTICS -- NEW MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES -- DATA BASES FOR MANAGEMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- 15 Longevity of Infrastructure -- THE IMMORTALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- Electric Power Plants -- Dams -- Bridges -- Roads -- HOW LONG COULD ELEMENTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAST? -- HOW LONG SHOULD INFRASTRUCTURE LAST? -- GENERAL OBSERVATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Contributors -- Index. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Public works -- United States -- Congresses. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ausubel, Jesse H. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Herman, Robert |
| Title | Cities and Their Vital Systems |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,c1988 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780309037860 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3377005">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3377005</a> |
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