ABSTRACT
An invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on network demand, performance, reliability, and security. Digital Infrastructures presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the technological systems that envelop these networks. The book balances analyses of specific civil and environmental infrastructures with broader policy and management issues, including the challenges of using IT to manage these critical systems under crises conditions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Overview
chapter 3|20 pages
CHAPTER T Management Challenges
part |2 pages
PART II Infrastructure Sectors
part |2 pages
PART III Crosscutting Themes
chapter 12|16 pages
CHAPTER T Infrastructure in the Age of Earth Systems Engineering and Management (ESEM)
part |2 pages
PART IV Conclusion