Infrastructure category: 179 books
Understanding and Negotiating EPC Contracts, Volume 1
The Project Sponsor's Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
In Understanding and Negotiating EPC Contracts, Volume 1, Howard M. Steinberg presents a practical and comprehensive guide to understanding virtually every aspect of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for infrastructure projects.
The 25 chapters in Volume 1 are supplemented...
Leveraging the New Infrastructure
How Market Leaders Capitalize on Information Technology
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 1998
Imagine thinking about your company's information technology in the same way that you think about its investment portfolio: as a bundle of assets that-when managed right-will generate revenues and savings. Here's just such a framework for leveraging IT (technology, networks, data, and software)-one...
On the Grid
A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Turn on a switch and from the nearest bulb out pours light from... somewhere; turn on a faucet and water appears. Wires, pipes, and roads support the lives we lead, but the average person doesn't know where they go or even how they work. In On the Grid, Scott Huler takes the time to understand the...
by ADBI
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
This report analyzes how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions, with a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process. It examines major developments in South AsianSoutheast...
Wok Bung Wantaim
Using Subnational Government Partnerships to Improve Infrastructure Implementation in Papua New Guinea
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This report examines how existing implementation structures established under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and National Government investment programs could be used to channel subnational government resources toward priority infrastructure investments more effectively. The report considers the...
Setting the Record Straight
A Political Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
In his political memoir, Carl Scully brings a confronting perspective to the challenges and obstacles an aspiring politician experiences daily to achieve political success — from the process of winning pre-selection, to campaigning for election, and once elected to retaining ministerial longevity,...
Understanding the Social Economy
A Canadian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2009
In Understanding the Social Economy, Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, and Ann Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded upon a social mission - social enterprises, nonprofits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations - under the rubric of the 'social economy.'...
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cases and Materials
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or programme, often of a social nature and for society as a whole. CBA is fundamental to government decision-making and can be an effective tool for informed...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The development of any contemporary economy is affected by numerous factors. By creating stable infrastructures, countries can more easily thrive in competitive international markets. Social, Health, and Environmental Infrastructures for Economic Growth is a comprehensive source of academic material...
Electronic Supply Network Coordination in Intelligent and Dynamic Environments
Modeling and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
The widespread diffusion of digital infrastructure, applications, products, and services has created new challenges and opportunities for managers and corporations exposed to a dense and highly complex supply network. This complexity often requires innovative models, techniques, tools, processes,...
by Frank R. Spellman
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The seventh of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Transportation Protection and Homeland Security is a valuable reference source. The book was fashioned in response to the critical needs of transportation production managers, transportation...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Poland’s accession to the EU in 2004 created new challenges and opportunities for its transport service firms operating within the framework of the EU Single Market. This book evaluates the market structure in the Polish road, maritime, rail and air transport sectors and compares them to other EU...
Planning, Connecting, and Financing Cities — Now
Priorities for City Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
This report provides Mayors and other policymakers with a policy framework and diagnostic tools to anticipate and implement strategies that can avoid their cities from locking into irreversible physical and social structures. At the core of the policy framework are the three main dimensions of urban...
Reframing Finance
New Models of Long-Term Investment Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Since the 2008 financial crisis, beneficiary organizations—like pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and foundations—have been seeking ways to mitigate the risk of their investments and make better financial decisions. For them, Reframing Finance offers a path forward.
This...