by Vance Tan | Oct 2, 2018 | Infrastructure systems
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Over the past four decades, the concept of sustainable development has become an increasingly central theme of...
by Vance Tan | Jul 23, 2018 | Infrastructure systems
The first National Infrastructure Assessment sets out the Commission’s plan of action for the country’s infrastructure over the next 10-30 years. Infrastructure can inspire confidence and growth. But long term projects require a long-term vision, lasting plans, and...
by Vance Tan | Jul 16, 2018 | Collaborations, Infrastructure systems
The first long-term view of the UK’s infrastructure needs was published by the National Infrastructure Commission in July 2018. The National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) calls for a more joined-up view of infrastructure, with significant investments needed to...
by Vance Tan | Apr 30, 2018 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Extreme weather causes substantial adverse socio-economic impacts by damaging and disrupting the infrastructure services that underpin modern society. Globally, $2.5tn a year is spent on infrastructure which is typically designed to last decades, over which...
by Vance Tan | Feb 17, 2018 | Infrastructure systems
Tran, M., Hall, J.W., Nicholls, R.J., Hickford, A.J., Chaudry, M. and Watson, G. 2017. Sustainable infrastructure. In: T.J. Dixon, Connaughton, J. and Green, S. (eds.) Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and...
by Vance Tan | Dec 20, 2017 | Infrastructure systems
Members of ITRC’s consortium collaborated on a scoping study to look at resilience in interdependent infrastructures. ITRC members Simon Blainey and Adrian Hickford, University of Southampton and Raghav Pant, University of Oxford, were on the team that reviewed the...
