Sustainable Infrastructure
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1
Sustainable Infrastructure
1.1
Infrastructure
1.2
Sustainability
1.2.1
Triple Bottom Line
1.2.2
Sustainable Development
1.3
Urbanization and Sprawl
1.3.1
Suburban Sprawl
1.4
Climate Change
1.4.1
Mitigation
1.4.2
Adaptation
1.4.3
Unintended Consequences
1.5
Stewardship
Unit Summary
Homework
2
Economics
2.1
Supply and Demand
2.2
Utility
2.3
Comparative Advantage and Trade
2.4
Public and Common Goods
2.4.1
Tragedy of the Commons
2.5
Externalities
Unit Summary
Homework
3
Financial Project Evaluation
3.1
Time Value of Money
3.2
Cash Flows
3.2.1
Financial Tools
3.3
Equivalence
3.3.1
Calculation Shortcuts
3.4
Returns
3.4.1
Net Present Value
3.4.2
Setting the MARR
3.4.3
Internal and External Rates of Return
3.5
Project Assessment
3.5.1
NPV and ROI
3.5.2
Benefit / Cost
3.5.3
Evaluation Matrices
3.6
Rules and Regulations
3.6.1
Taxes and Depreciation
3.6.2
Zoning
3.6.3
Environmental Impacts
3.7
Abstraction on Exponential Growth
Unit Summary
Homework
4
Case Studies in Sustainable Infrastructure
4.1
Panama Canal
4.2
Vajont Dam
4.3
Hyperloop
4.4
Western Water Rights
4.5
Glen Canyon Dam
4.6
Sacramento Levees
4.7
I-85/I-75 Downtown Connector
4.8
Boston Big Dig
4.9
Flint Municipal Water System
4.10
Kariba Dam
References
Appendix
A
Factor Tables
0.5% factor table
1% factor table
1.5% factor table
2% factor table
3% factor table
4% factor table
5% factor table
6% factor table
7% factor table
8% factor table
10% factor table
12% factor table
18% factor table
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