Macro-engineering : MIT Brunel lectures on global infrastructure /: MIT Brunel lectures on global infrastructure. (1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank P. Davidson, Ernst G. Frankel, and C. Lawrence Meador (editors).
• Editors: Davidson, Frank Paul, 1918-; Frankel, Ernst G; Meador, C. Lawrence
• Contents: Front Cover; Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; EDITORIAL NOTE; Chapter 1. The Suez Canal Re-Visited: 19th Century Global Infrastructure; 1.1 THE CHIEF MACRO-ENGINEER: FERDINAND DE LESSEPS; 1.2 THE BUILDING OF THE SUEZ CANAL; 1.3 THE SUEZ CANAL TODAY; 1.4 THE IMPACT OF THE CANAL ON MAN AND HIS SURROUNDINGS; l.5 CONCLUSION; Chapter 2. Operation Mulberry: A Floating Transportable Harbor for World War II Normandy Invasion; Chapter 3. Financial Engineering of the Channel Tunnel. Chapter 4. Old Cities and New Towns ForTomorrow's Infrastructure4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?; 4.3 PROBLEMS OF TODAY'S URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; 4.4 TRENDS FOR TOMORROW; 4.5 TOMORROW'S INFRASTRUCTURE: RESPONDING TO PROBLEMS AND TRENDS; 4.6 BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF TOMORROW; Notes; Chapter 5. Inland Transport in Europe -- Trends and Prospects; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2. THE IMPLICATIONS OF A EUROPEAN APPROACH; 5.3 TRENDS IN TRANSPORT DEMAND; 5.4 INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS; 5.5 CONCLUSION; Notes; Chapter 6. Lessons Learnt from Major Projects; 6.1 HISTORY. 6.2 WHAT CONSTITUTES A MAJOR PROJECT?6.3 THE ASSOCIATION; 6.4 SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS; 6.5 SOME LESSONS; Notes; Chapter 7. Guided Transportation Systems: Low-Impact, High-Volume, Fail-Safe Travel; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2. THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM: HOW DID WE GET THIS WAY?; 7.3 HOW SHOULD NEW SYSTEMS BE INTRODUCED?; 7.4. NEW TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES; 7.5 CONCLUSION; Chapter 8. Prefabricated and Relocatable ArtificialIsl and Technology; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. PREFABRICATED ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS; 8.3 PREFABRICATED, FLOAT ABLE ISLAND STRUCTURES. 8.4 BEHAVIOR OF THE FLOATING, PREFABRICATED ISLAND MODULES8.5. STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND MODULE WEIGHT; 8.6 ECONOMIC VIABILITY; 8.7. CONCLUSION; Chapter 9. The Command Tactical Information System: Military Software for Macro-Engineering Projects; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 EXPERIENCES; 9.3 OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND LESSONS LEARNED; 9.4 WHAT WE LEARNED; 9.5 ARRIVING IN ALASKA: THE PROBLEM; 9.6 EVOLVING A SOLUTION; 9.7 OVERSIGHT OF THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; 9.9 SUMMARY; 9.10 EPILOGUE; Chapter 10. Prospects for the Next Century: Survey and Suggestions. 10.1 WHAT'S NEW IN THE LAST THOUSAND YEARS?10.2 A STABLE CIIlNA: WHY?; 10.3 THE OPENING OUT AND TURNING INWARD OF ISLAM: WHY?; 10.4 12TH CENTURY EUROPE: THE FIRST LIFTOFF; 10.5 DECLINE, RENAISSANCE, AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; 10.6 THE MIDDLE OF THE 19th CENTURY; 10.7 TRANSFORMING THE PLANET INTO A GARDEN; 10.8 PROGRAMS FOR THE NEXT CENTURY; 10.9 CONCLUSION; Notes; INDEX; FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONTINUUM MECHANICS.
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Horwood Pub
• Publication Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 624; Civil engineering; Infrastructure (Economics); Large scale systems; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General; Civil engineering; Infrastructure (Economics); Large scale systems; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782420576; 1782420576
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references pages 86-88 and index.; Note: Print version record.
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