Infrastructure planning, engineering and economics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Goodman, Alvin S. (Author), Hastak, Makarand (Author)
Corporate Author:	McGraw-Hill Companies
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., c2015.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Subjects:	Municipal services > Planning > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Municipal engineering > Planning > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Infrastructure (Economics) > Planning > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A. About asce
B. Dedication
C. About the authors
D. Preface
E. Abstract
1. Introduction
Scope
Definitions of ?public works? and ?infrastructure?
Examples of infrastructure projects
Categories of public infrastructure projects
Typical infrastructure planning steps
Goals and objectives
Programming and budgeting process of public works agencies
Evolution of infrastructure planning process
Relationships between infrastructure and development
Several important principles for project designs in developing countries
Federal infrastructure strategy program
Infrastructure asset management
2. Planning contexts, perspectives, and objectives
Scope
Planning sequences
Basic contexts for planning public works and infrastructure
Some important perspectives for public works and infrastructure
Previously mentioned ?new? objectives and issues
Economic objectives in the united states
Infrastructure programs which do not require benefit-cost analysis
Private enterprises and infrastructure planning
System of law
Federal law
State and local law
Eminent domain and zoning
Water rights
Other comments concerning legal and institutional issues
3. Planning and appraisal of major infrastructure projects
Scope
Sequence of studies for a single major infrastructure project
First stage: preliminary (or reconnaissance) report
Second stage: feasibility report
Third stage: final design and preparation of contract documents
Fourth stage: construction
Fifth stage: operation
Formulation of a major engineering project
Project costs
Costs for professional planning and construction services
Appraisal process before approval of a major project
Project delivery methods
4. Screening projects and master planning
Scope
Planning area
Needs, problems, and opportunities in planning studies
Screening procedure for single-purpose projects?emphasis on function, engineering factors, and cost
Case study: screening procedure for single-purpose projects?emphasis on function and environmental/social factors
Screening procedure for projects within a system, and for projects that serve multiple purposes and/or multiple objectives
Concepts of master planning reports for a defined geographic area
Hypothetical master planning report as synthesis of numerous comprehensive studies
Review and adjustment of data for master and regional planning
Case study?review and adjustment of proposals prepared by different planners
5. Municipal infrastructure systems?performance and prioritization measures
Scope
Measures of system performance of various public works elements and types?national research council studies
Trade-offs between repair, renewals and replacements, and new construction
Cost-effectiveness measures for projects of a routine nature
Prioritization of projects for maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of local infrastructure systems?urban institute studies
Data collection and analysis for decision making?case studies of water distribution systems
6. Comparisons of infrastructure alternatives
Scope
Methods for comparing and prioritizing infrastructure alternatives
Formulas involving discount rate and use of spreadsheets
Examples showing solutions of problems involving comparisons of public works alternatives, using interest formulas and spreadsheets
Levelized unit cost or price
Life-cycle analysis
Life-cycle analysis of pavement schemes
Comparing alternatives with multiple attributes
Generic matrix approach for comparing alternatives with multiple attributes.
7. Planning aids
Scope
Basic data for planning
Classification of data
Aerial photos, remote sensing, gps, and satellites
Geographic information systems (gis)
Computer-aided design (cad)
Computerized data banks and displays
Overlays and other techniques for suitability mapping
Generalized estimates
Forecasting models for infrastructure planning
Population projections and other demographic studies
8. Financial analyses
Scope
Types of financial analyses
General principles for application of financial analyses
Financial analyses for a municipal water supply project
Financial analyses for project with different sponsorships
Financial analyses with multiple financing sources
Break-even points as financial indicators
Management of debt service based on financial analysis
Cost allocations and subsidies
Accounting for inflation in financial analyses
Financial issues for local governments
Financial analyses of privatization schemes
The privatization movement
Privatization of existing public works
Outsourcing (contracting out of public services)
Accounting documents and issues
9. Economic analyses?concepts
Scope
General concepts of economic analysis for public works
Some principles of methodologies for economic analysis of public works
Examples of benefits conforming to the measurement standard
Practical methodologies incorporating multiple objectives
Price elasticity
Preferred scale of development (considering only economic efficiency)
Benefit-cost ratio and other measures for ranking projects in the united states
Characteristics of benefit-cost ratio and internal rate of return
Selection of discount (interest) rate
Accounting for inflation in economic analysis
Accounting for external economies and diseconomies in economic analysis
With-and-without basis of analysis?the base case (no action alternative)
Local infrastructure costs as a consideration in economic analysis
Value of human life as a consideration in economic analysis
Application of shadow pricing in economic analysis
Accounting for risk and uncertainty in economic analysis
Allocation of costs of multipurpose projects
Models for estimating economic effects due to infrastructure development
10. Economic analyses?applications
Scope
Scope of evaluations and costs and benefits
Format for benefit-cost calculations
Example of benefit-cost analysis of municipal water supply
Examples of benefit-cost analyses of transportation projects
Examples of benefit-cost analyses that illustrate differences with government or private sponsorship
Example of benefit-cost analysis with application of probability analysis
Example of benefit-cost analysis with application of sensitivity analysis
Example of cost allocation for facility serving multiple purposes and/or multiple projects
Examples comparing benefit-cost analysis with sufficiency ratings and cost-effectiveness measures
I-o analysis of benefits for estimate of b/c ratio.
11. Environmental and social impact assessment?concepts, requirements, and procedures
Scope
General concepts of environmental and social impact assessment
United states laws, regulations, and policies regarding environmental and social impact assessments
Ceq guidelines for environmental impact statements
Interpretation of nepa and ceq rules
Epa role in eia and eis process
Scoping for the eis
The ecological and human environments?categories, attributes, and parameters
Identification of environmental and social impacts over project area and over project cycle
Special considerations involving land and water interrelationships, energy consumption, and air quality
Comparison of project alternatives involving environmental and social impacts, including examples
12. Environmental and social impact assessment?additional analysis and issues
Scope
Concepts of human environment, human well-being, social well-being, social welfare, and quality of life
Relationships involving infrastructure, quality of life, business development, and urban growth
Scope of social impact assessments
Environmental justice
Sustainability and environmental economics
Environmental economics?general concepts
Studies by government agencies on environmental economics
Cost-effectiveness basis for meeting environmental quality objectives
Benefit-cost basis for environmental planning
Role of public involvement in planning
Purposes and benefits of public participation
Requirements for public participation
Factors that contribute to effective participation
Descriptions of public participation and education techniques
Case study?new hampshire route 16 corridor study
13. Sustainability
Introduction and scope
Historical context
Sustainable development and sustainability
Dimensions of sustainability
Weak and strong sustainability
Sustainability models
Approaches to sustainability issues in infrastructure planning
Global implications of sustainability
Sustainability indexes
14. Planning for uncertainty and risk
Scope
Uncertainty, sensitivity, and risk: recapitulation of concepts and case studies
Risk and uncertainty analysis in planning organizations
Selection of parameters for risk analysis
Accounting for unforeseen changes and events
Common sense and intuition in decision making
Decision theory
Utility theory
Decision analysis approaches
Example of a decision tree analysis for infrastructure planning
Application of bayes theorem to decision tree problems
Analytic hierarchy process (ahp) for comparing alternatives with multiple attributes
Other infrastructure planning applications that consider uncertainty
15. Operations research methods for planning and analysis
Scope
Nature and applicability of mathematical models
Mathematical programming models
Simulation models
Applicability of mathematical models with multiple objectives and/or criteria
Artificial intelligence systems
Decision support models: expert systems
Other tools for economic models
A. Problems
Introduction
Planning contexts, perspectives, and objectives
Planning and appraisal of major infrastructure projects
Screening projects and master planning
Municipal infrastructure systems?performance and prioritization measures
Comparisons of infrastructure alternatives
Planning aids
Financial analyses
Economic analyses?concepts
Economic analyses?applications
Environmental and social impact assessment?concepts, requirements, and procedures
Environmental and social impact assessment?additional analyses and issues
Planning for uncertainty and risk
Operations research methods for planning and analysis
B. References.