US Infrastructure

Aman Khan, Ph.D., is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration and Director of the Institute of Governmental Finance at Texas Tech University.Klaus Becker, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and the current Chair of the Department of Economics at Texas Tech University.

• Forward Preface Chapter 1: US Infrastructure: An Overview of Issues and Opportunities Part I: Structure, Technological Innovation and Sustainability Chapter 2: State of US Infrastructure: Current and Future Perspective Chapter 3: Technological Innovation and Intelligent Transportation Systems for the US: Perspectives for the 21st Century Chapter 4: Information Technology and US Infrastructure: Perspectives for the 21st Century Chapter 5: Enhancing Sustainability of Transportation Infrastructure in the 21st Century: The Case for Using Increased Recycled Materials in Pavement Construction Chapter 6: The Sustainability Myth: How a Changing Climate Alters the Paradigms of Infrastructure Design and Maintenance Part II: Economics, Productivity, and Finance Chapter 7: Microeconomic Perspectives on US Transportation Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century Chapter 8: Critical Macroeconomic and Multisectoral Perspectives on US Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century Chapter 9: Cross State Variation in the Characteristics, Effects and Financing of US Highways Chapter 10: Infrastructure Productivity and the US Economy: Prospects for the 21st Century Chapter 11: Financing US Infrastructure: Choices for the 21st Century Chapter 12: Public-Private Partnership and the Future of US Infrastructure Part III: Institutions, Security and Politics Chapter 13: US Infrastructure Gap(s): Federal Policy and Local Public Institutions Chapter 14: Planning Robust 21st Century US Urban Infrastructure: Socially Driven Transitions from Pre-Industrial, Carbon Intensive and Carbon-Sensitive Infrastructure Chapter 15: Energy Infrastructure Security: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century Chapter 16: Infrastructure Politics: Implications for a Cohesive National Transportation Policy in the 21st Century

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