by Vance Tan | Jul 14, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Governments worldwide are paying increasing attention to the role of infrastructure systems in promoting economic growth and environmental sustainability. However, infrastructure planning and provision tend to be addressed in sector-specific silos which...
by Vance Tan | May 19, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
A policy-oriented sensitivity analysis of cooling water consumption for low-carbon energy pathways (pdf, 2.7 MB). Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food nexus, 19–20 May 2014, Bonn, Germany. Authors Byers, E.A., Amezaga, J.M. and Hall, J.W.
by Vance Tan | May 15, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract There has been renewed interest in sociotechnical systems in the context of transitioning to a more sustainable society. While gains have been made in the qualitative understanding of sustainable transitions and sociotechnical systems, these approaches have...
by Vance Tan | Apr 4, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract A joint activity with the EA’s Infrastructure Operators Adaptation Forum, and hosted by IET: To explore what is work is happening in infrastructure interdependencies in practice, policy and academia (understanding of the landscape); To better understand the...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Economic impacts, Infrastructure systems
The conference examined the micro- and macro-economics of infrastructure from a variety of perspectives. Appraisal of the economic case for infrastructure projects and programmes is a priority, with wide gaps in understanding the link between infrastructure systems...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract From the perspective of neo-classical economics, there is little to dispute that overall public investment in infrastructure and resultant economic growth is generally positively correlated although real effects are disputed, see for example Munnell (1992),...
