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Foreword: Paul Zofnass vii
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction: Sustainability-A Broad Perspective 1
SPIRO POLLALIS AND DANIEL SCHODEK, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Part 1: Dimensions of Sustainability 9
1: Climate Change and Infrastructure 11
RICHARD JOHN, NATIONAL ENERGY FOUNDATION, UK
2: Resource Allocation 20
GREGORY NORRIS, HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
3: Infrastructure and Nature: Reciprocal Effects and Patterns for Our Future 35
RICHARD T.T. FORMAN, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
4: Quality of Life 50
ANTHONY KANE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
5: Sustainable Wellness: The Convergence of Social and Ecological Well-being 58
ALEXIOS MONOPOLIS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Part 2: Sustainable Practice in Infrastructure Systems 71
6: Water Infrastructure and Sustainability 73
TOM A . PEDERSEN, CDM
7: The Evolution of Urban Water and Energy Infrastructure Systems 86
JOHN NORTON JR., MWH
8: Sustainability Aspects of Large-Scale Wind Power Development 99
GEORGE C . KENDRICK, STANTEC CONSULTING
9: Sustainable Solid Waste Infrastructure 116
MIKE W. MCLAUGHLIN AND LISA K. MCDANIEL, SCS ENGINEERS
10: Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure 126
SUSANNAH KERR ADLER, MARGARET CEDEROTH, KATHERINE HENDERSON, AND SCOTT SNELLING, PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
11: Transportation: Aviation/ Airports 132
JAMES S. GRANT ET AL., HNTB CORPORATION
12 Sustainability in Ports, Freight, and Logistics 148
ERIN HYLAND AND JOE BRYAN, HALCROW
13: Ecological Infrastructure 155
CHRISTOPHER BENOSKY AND SHAUN O'ROURKE, AECOM
Part 3: Assessing Urban Infrastructures 169
14: Issues in Assessing Urban Infrastructures 171
THE ZOFNASS PROGRAM TEAM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
15: Current Environmental Evaluation Approaches 176
THE ZOFNASS PROGRAM TEAM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
16: The Zofnass Rating System for Infrastructure Sustainability and Decision Making 194
ANDREAS GEORGOULIAS AND JILL ALLEN, HARVARD UN IVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
17: Economic Assessments of the Value of Sustainability 227
JOHN WI LLIAMS, COLUMBIA UNIVERS ITY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS; STEPHANE LAROCQUE AND LIDIA BERGER, HDR
Part 4: Design and Planning for Infrastructure Sustainability 245
18: Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? 247
ANNISSA ALUSI, ROBERT G. ECCLES, AMY C. EDMONDSON, AND TIONA ZUZUL, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
19: Intelligent Infrastructures 266
DIMITRIS PAPANIKOLAOU, MIT
20: Landscape Infrastructure: Urbanism beyond Engineering 276
PIERRE BELANGER, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
21: Shaping the Built Environment and Infrastructure to Improve Our Quality of Life 316
BILL VALENTINE, HOK
22 Why Ecological Urbanism? Why Now? 319
MOHSEN MOSTAFAVI, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Contributors 334
Index 343