by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Transport
Abstract This paper considers the different approaches applied to determine the requirement for additional infrastructure construction for different transport modes in Britain. Transport infrastructure is usually built to meet three main goals. The first of these is...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Digital communications
Abstract The UK’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) infrastructure sector has considerably evolved in the past decade as firms and consumers have required increased digital connectivity. The speed of technical change in both the supply of ICT...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Governance
Abstract The governance of infrastructure financing at the city and city-region scales is critical to the search for new and innovative funding mechanisms for infrastructure systems. The changing context has rendered the issues acute. The global financial crisis and...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Infrastructure systems are large scale socio-technical systems, embedded within the society, supporting and enabling a myriad of societal processes. Understanding and shaping their evolution is essential if we are to rise to the challenges of climate change,...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Complex adaptive systems
Abstract Infrastructure’s fundamental role in developed economies of enabling and mediating spatial flows of resources, goods, and services, is widely acknowledged and the provision of resilient, effective National Infrastructure (NI) systems has become a focus of...
