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Ahene, Rexford A., and Bernard S. Katz. Infrastructure. In The McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of economics. 2nd ed. Douglas Greenwald, editor in chief. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1994. p. 543-545. Ascher, Kate. The works: anatomy of a city. New York, Penguin Press, c2005. 228 p. Reid, Robert L. Special report: the infrastructure crisis. Civil engineering, v. 78, Jan. 2008: 40-65. Seldon, Arthur, and F. G. Pennance. Infrastructure. In Everyman’s dictionary of economics. Indianapolis, Liberty Fund, Inc., c2005. p. 351-352. (The collected works of Arthur Seldon, v. 3)
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on infrastructure and public works may be located in Library catalogs, include the following:
Many of these subject headings may be subdivided geographically, such as “Dams--California--Big Bear Lake” or “Dams--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).” Also search by the name of a particular project, such as “Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)” or “Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--Design and Construction.” You may also wish to search the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog at http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html.
American Public Works Association. History of public
works in the United States, 1776-1976. Editor, Ellis L. Armstrong;
associate editors, Michael C. Robinson, Suellen M. Hoy. Chicago,
The Association, c1976. 736 p. Cities and their vital systems: infrastructure past, present, and future. Jesse H. Ausubel and Robert Herman, editors. National Academy of Engineering. Washington, National Academy Press, 1988. 357 p. Flynn, Stephen E. The edge of disaster: rebuilding a resilient nation. New York, Random House, in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations, c2007. 240 p. Macionis, John J., and Vincent N. Parrillo. Cities and urban life. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. 468 p. Me, myself, and infrastructure: private lives and public works in America. Gregory K. Dreicer and others. Reston, VA, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002. 168 p. Rainer, George. Understanding infrastructure: a guide
for architects and planners. New York, Wiley, c1990. 278 p.
Achieving sustainable urban form. Edited by Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks. London, New York, E & FN Spon, 2000. 388 p. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Transportation: invest in America; freight-rail bottom line report. Washington, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2002. 123 p. Berlow, Lawrence H. The reference guide to famous engineering landmarks of the world: bridges, tunnels, dams, roads, and other structures. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1998. 250 p. Billington, David P. The history of large federal dams: planning, design, and construction in the era of big dams. Denver, CO, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 2005. 605 p. Cleary, Richard Louis. Bridges. New York, Norton; Washington, Library of Congress, c2007. 383 p. Colley, B. C. Practical manual of land development. 4th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2005. 345 p. Dams. Edited by Donald C. Jackson. Aldershot, Eng., Brookfield, VT, Ashgate, c1997. 364 p. (Studies in the history of civil engineering, v. 4) Dion, Thomas R. Land development for civil engineers. 2nd ed. New York, Wiley, c2002. 796 p. Fernández Troyano, Leonardo. Bridge engineering: a global perspective. London, Thomas Telford Pub.; Reston, VA, Distributed in the USA by ASCE Press, 2003. 775 p. Flood risk management: learning to live with rivers. Edited by George Fleming. London, Thomas Telford, 2002. Hartford, Desmond N. D., and Gregory B. Baecher. Risk and uncertainty in dam safety. London, Thomas Telford, c2004. 391 p. Hazel, George, and Roger Parry. Making cities work. Chichester, Eng., Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-Academy, 2004. Highsmith, Carol M., and Ted Landphair. America’s engineering marvels. New York, Crescent Books, 2003. 63 p.
Hunter, Louis C. A history of industrial power in the United States, 1780-1930. Published for the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, 1979-1991.
Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1979. 3 v. Infrastructure industries USA. Arsen J. Darnay, ed. Farmington Hills, MI, Gale Group, c2001. 867 p. Jackson, Donald C. Great American bridges and dams. New York, Wiley,1996. 357 p. O’Flaherty, Brendan. City economics. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2005. 587 p. O’Sullivan, Arthur. Urban economics. 6th ed. Boston, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2007. 404 p. Pannell, J. P. M. An illustrated history of civil
engineering. New York, F. Ungar Pub. Co, 1965, c1964. 376 p. Perrow, Charles. The next catastrophe: reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, c2007. 377 p. Plowden, David. Bridges: the spans of North America. Rev. ed. New York, Norton, c2002. 339 p.
Rose, Mark H. Cities of light and heat: domesticating gas and electricity in urban America. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995. 229 p. Schodek, Daniel L. Landmarks in American civil engineering. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, c1987. 383 p. The Seventy wonders of the modern world. Edited by Neil Parkyn. New York, Thames & Hudson, 2002. 304 p. Tobin, James. Great projects: the epic story of the building of America: from the taming of the Mississippi to the invention of the Internet. New York, Free Press, c2001. 322 p. Urban land use planning. 5th ed. Philip R. Berke and others. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, c2006. 490 p.
Assessing the future: water utility infrastructure management. David M. Hughes, technical editor. Denver, CO, American Water Works Association, c2002. 644 p. Batty, Michael. Cities and complexity: understanding cities with cellular automata, agent-based models, and fractals. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, c2005. 565 p. Benedict, Mark A., and Edward T. McMahon. Green infrastructure: linking landscapes and communities. Washington, Island Press, c2006. 299 p. Block, Walter. The privatization of roads and highways: human and economic factors. Lewiston, NY, E. Mellen Press, c2006. 381 p. Digital infrastructures: enabling civil and environmental systems through information technology. Edited by Rae Zimmerman and Thomas Horan. London, New York, Routledge, 2004. 254 p. The Evolving water utility: pathways to higher performance. Garret P. Westerhoff and others; Nancy Zeilig, editor. Denver, CO, American Water Works Association, c2003. 441 p. Frumkin, Howard. Urban sprawl and public health: designing, planning, and building for healthy communities. Washington, Island Press, c2004. 338 p.
Grigg, Neil S. Assessment and renewal of water distribution systems. Denver, CO, AWWA Research Foundation, c2004. 129 p. Grigg, Neil S. Water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure management. Boca Raton, FL, Lewis Publishers, c2003. 242 p. Groves, Sanford M., and Maureen Godsey Valente. Evaluating financial condition: a handbook for local government. 4th ed. Rev. by Karl Nollenberger. Washington, ICMA, c2003. 224 p. Hayes, Brian. Infrastructure: a field guide to the industrial landscape. New York, W. W. Norton, c2005. 536 p.
Honadle, Beth Walter, James M. Costa, and Beverly M. Cigler. Fiscal health for local governments: an introduction to concepts, practical analysis and strategies. Amsterdam, Boston, Elsevier Academic Press, c2004. 271 p. Kone, D. Linda. Land development. 10th ed. Washington, BuilderBooks, 2006. 368 p. Life-cycle performance of deteriorating structures: assessment, design, and management. Editors, Dan M. Frangopol and others. Reston, VA, American Society of Civil Engineers, c2004. 443 p. Lukasik, Stephen J., Seymour E. Goodman, and David W. Longhurst. Protecting critical infrastructures against cyber-attack. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, c2003. 98 p. Management innovation in U.S. public water and wastewater systems. Edited by Paul Seidenstat and others. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley, c2005. 331 p. Managing urban water supply. Edited by Donald E. Agthe, R. Bruce Billings, and Nathan Buras. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003. 274 p. (Water science and technology library, v. 46) The Marine transportation system and the federal role: measuring performance, targeting improvement. Committee for a Study of the Federal Role in the Marine Transportation System, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. Washington, Transportation Research Board, 2004. 180 p. (Special report, 279) Miller, John B. Case studies in infrastructure delivery. Boston, Kluwer, c2002. 262 p. and 1 CD-ROM. (Kluwer international series in infrastructure systems. Delivery and finance, ISDF 102) Miller, John B. Principles of public and private infrastructure delivery. Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000. 645 p. (Kluwer international series in infrastructure systems. Delivery and finance, ISDF 101) Moody’s project & infrastructure finance sourcebook. New York, Moody’s Investor Service, c2006. 196 p. Raftelis, George A. Water and wastewater finance and pricing: a comprehensive guide. 3rd ed. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 2005. 406 p. The Real and the virtual worlds of spatial planning. Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr, Marco Keiner, Gustav Nussbaumer, eds. Berlin, New York, Springer, c2004. 350 p. Savas, Emanuel S. Privatization in the city: successes, failures, lessons. Washington, CQ Press, c2005. 335 p. Scudder, Thayer. The future of large dams: dealing with social, environmental, institutional and political costs. London, Sterling, VA, Earthscan, 2006. 389 p. Seger, Karl A. Revenue protection: combating utility theft & fraud. Tulsa, OK, PennWell Corporation, c2005. 215 p. Utility rate structures: investigating international principles and customer views. Prepared by Hudson Bell and others. Denver, CO, AWWA Research Foundation, c2005. 136 p. Vogt, A. John. Capital budgeting and finance: a guide for local governments. Chapel Hill, Institute of Government, University of North Carolina, c2004. 408 p. Water infrastructure at a turning point: the road to sustainable asset management. A report sponsored by the AWWA Water Utility Council. Denver, CO, American Water Works Association, c2006. 54 p. and 1 CD-ROM. WaterWorld directory of municipal water & wastewater systems. 4th ed. Tulsa, OK, PennWell Pub. Co., c1998.
Johnson, Stephen, and Roberto T. Leon. Encyclopedia of bridges and tunnels. New York, Facts on File, 2002. Moskowitz, Harvey S., and Carl G. Lindbloom. The latest illustrated book of development definitions. New expanded ed. New Brunswick, NJ, Center for Urban Policy Research, 2004. 464 p. Rainer, George. Understanding infrastructure: a guide for architects and planners. New York, Wiley, c1990. 278 p.
IEEE International Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection (1st, 2005, Darmstadt, Germany). First IEEE International Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection: proceedings: IWCIP 2005, 3-4 November 2005, Darmstadt, Germany. Editors, Bernhard M. Hämmerli, Stephen D. Wolthusen. Sponsored by IEEE Task Force on Information Assurance in cooperation with Special Interest Group on Critical Infrastructure Protection (FG KRITIS) of the German Gesellschaft für Informatik. Los Alamitos, CA, IEEE Computer Society, c2005. 119 p. National Transportation Security Summit (3rd, 2005, San Jose, CA). Third National Transportation Security Summit: rail security, a symposium on terrorism and business continuity, September 29, 2005. San Jose, CA, Mineta Transportation Institute, College of Business, San José State University, 2006. 112 p. (FHWA/CA/OR-2006/25) (MTI report, S-05-02.) NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Protection of Civilian Infrastructure from Acts of Terrorism (2004, Moscow, Russia). Protection of civilian infrastructure from acts of terrorism. Edited by Konstantin V. Frolov and Gregory B. Baecher. Dordrecht, Springer, c2006. 254 p. (NATO security through science series. Series C, Environmental security, v. 12) NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security of Water Supply systems: from source to tap (2005, Murter, Croatia). Security of water supply systems: from source to tap. Edited by Jaroslav Pollert and Bozidar Dedus. Dordrecht, Springer, c2006. 182 p. Promoting the general welfare: new perspectives on government performance. Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors. Washington, Brookings Institution Press, c2006. 344 p.
The Benefits and costs of highway and transit investments: highlights of an expert panel. Washington, U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2005. 98 p. Maryland. Task Force to Study Moving Overhead Utility Lines Underground. Task force to study moving overhead utility lines underground. Annapolis, MD, Dept. of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis, 2003. 84 p. United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Annual report fiscal year 2005 (1 Oct 2004 - 30 Sept 2005) of the Secretary of the Army on civil works activities. Washington, Dept. of the Army, Office of the Assistant Secretary, 2005. 2 v. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Bridge safety: next steps to protect the nation's critical infrastructure: hearing before the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, September 19, 2007. Washington, U.S. G.P.O., 2008. 96 p. United States. Department of Homeland Security. National infrastructure protection plan. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, 2006. 179 p. United States. General Accounting Office. Critical infrastructure protection: challenges for selected agencies and industry sectors: report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. Washington, GAO, 2003. 66 p. (GAO-03-233) United States. General Accounting Office. Surface transportation: many factors affect investment decisions: report to the ranking minority member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate. Washington, GAO, 2004. 54 p. (GAO-04-744)
United States. Government Accountability Office. Commercial aviation: costs and major factors influencing infrastructure changes at U.S. airports to accommodate the new A380 aircraft: report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives. Washington, GAO, 2006. 91 p. (GAO-06-571) United States. Government Accountability Office. Critical infrastructure protection: progress coordinating government and private sector efforts varies by sectors characteristics: report to congressional requesters. Washington, GAO, 2006. 63 p. (GAO-07-39) Virginia. State Corporation Commission. A task force study to determine the operation and effectiveness of section 56-265.17:1 and section 56-265.19G of the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act: report of the State Corporation Commission to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia. Richmond, VA, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2005. 1 v. (Senate Document, no. 4)
TECHNICAL REPORTS and other types of literature may be identified in the following abstracting and indexing journals:
These selected reports are available in the technical reports collection of the Science, Technology & Business Division. Other reports on the topic may be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5825 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. NTIS telephone: (703) 605-6585. NTIS web site URL: http://www.ntis.gov
DISSERTATIONS may be identified by using online resources or the following indexes located in the Main Reading Room. Consult any reference librarian about options. Some dissertations may be available in full text through electronic resources on public terminals at the Library of Congress.
Binder, Michael P. Integration of sustainable infrastructure at a neighborhood scale. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2007. Chen, Ping. Extension and combination of economic input output models for assessing critical infrastructure system interdependencies. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2007. Chiara, Nicola. Real option methods for improving economic risk management in infrastructure project finance. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2006. Gong, Liying. Optimal spatial sampling of infrastructure condition: a life-cycle-based approach under uncertainty. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2007. Jeong, Hyung Seok. Development of consequence mitigation models for water infrastructure networks against intentional physical attacks. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2005. Lee, Sangwook. Digital color image processing system for civil infrastructure health assessment and monitoring: steel bridge coating case. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2006. Schneider, Kevin Paul. Analysis of critical infrastructure interactions. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2006. Simpson, Amanda Rae. Evaluation of GASB-34 modified approach requirements to identify strengths and weaknesses in current municipal asset management systems for sewer and water infrastructure. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2007. Vial, Jose Fernando. Interlinking interregional economic models with infrastructure networks: three essays. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2007.
Abstracting and indexing services that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Some suggested terms for searching are “infrastructure,” “public works,” or other headings, depending upon the topic of interest. Many of the titles may now be available in electronic format. Consult a reference librarian for the location and format of abstracting and indexing services.
Journals that often contain articles relevant to infrastructure and public works:
Anas, Alex, and Hyok-Joo Rhee. When are urban growth boundaries not second-best policies to congestion tolls? Journal of urban economics, v. 61, Mar. 2007: 263-286. Bartle, John R. The sustainable development of U. S. air transportation: the promise of challenge and reform. Public works management & policy, v. 10, Jan. 2006: 214-224. Brock, Ed. Leaky old pipes lead to a sinking feeling: aging water infrastructures cause sinkholes. American city & county, v. 122, June 2007: 12-14. Chiara, Nicola, Michael J. Garvin, and Jan Vecer. Valuing simple multiple-exercise real options in infrastructure projects. Journal of infrastructure systems, v. 13, June 2007: 97-104. Durango-Cohen, Pablo L., and Pattharin Sarutipand. Capturing interdependencies and heterogeneity in the management of multifacility transportation infrastructure systems. Journal of infrastructure systems, v. 13, June 2007: 115-123. Kiel, Katherine A., and Michael Williams. The impact of Superfund sites on local property values: are all sites the same? Journal of urban economics, v. 61, Jan. 2007:170-192. Leuenberger, Deniz. Sustainable development in public administration: a match with practice? Public works management and policy, v. 10, Jan. 2006: 195-201. Poole, Jr., Robert W. In defense of leasing toll roads. Public works financing, v. 213, Feb. 2007: 22-31. Shiraki, Nobuhiko, and others. System risk curves: probabilistic performance scenarios for highway networks subject to earthquake damage. Journal of infrastructure systems, v. 13, Mar. 2007: 43-54. Vanrenterghem-Raven, A. Risk factors of structural degredation of an urban water distribution system. Journal of infrastructure systems, v. 13, Mar. 2007: 55-64. Young, John. The infrastructure challenge: public-private partnerships offer a solution. Journal (American Water Works Association), v. 99, Apr. 2007: 56-60.
Selected materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following:
The Internet offers a number of sites useful for finding information on infrastructure and public works. Several of the organizations listed above provide links to related sites from their web sites. You might try the sites described below, or use your favorite search engine (such as Google or Yahoo) and appropriate key words to identify more specific resources.
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