Digital infrastructures / edited by Rae Zimmerman and Thomas Horan.

'Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge.'

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview -- What are digital infrastructures? / Rae Zimmerman and Thomas Horan -- Technology and engineering dimensions / William O'Brien and Luis Soibelman -- Management challenges / Thomas Horan and Roy Sparrow -- Policy perspectives / Jonathan Gifford -- Infrastructure cases: Water / Rae Zimmerman -- Transportation / Christopher Cluett -- Electricity / Massoud Amin -- Telecommunications / Mitchell Moss and Anthony Townsend -- Crosscutting issues -- Economics of information technology / David Henry and Jess Dumagan -- Infrastructure and its dimensions in the developing world / Carlos Restrepo -- Green design principles / Timothy Beatley -- Earth systems engineering / Braden Allenby -- Conclusion -- Themes and new directions / Thomas Horan and Rae Zimmerman.