scholarly journals Institutions and the performance of coupled infrastructure systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 495 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Anderies ◽  
Marco A. Janssen ◽  
Edella Schlager
Keyword(s):  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Coupled Infrastructure Systems

scholarly journals The emergence and resilience of self-organized governance in coupled infrastructure systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (9) ◽  
pp. 4617-4622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachata Muneepeerakul ◽  
John M. Anderies
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Coupled System ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Shared Resources ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Rigorous Treatment ◽  
Coupled Infrastructure Systems

Studies of small-scale, self-organized social-ecological systems have contributed to our understanding of successful governance of shared resources. However, the lack of formal analytically tractable models of such coupled infrastructure systems makes it difficult to connect this understanding to such concepts as stability, robustness, and resilience, which are increasingly important in considering such systems. In this paper, we mathematically operationalize a widely used conceptual framework via a stylized dynamical model. The model yields a wide range of system outcomes: sustainability or collapse, infrastructure at full or partial capacity, and social agents seeking outside opportunities or exclusively engaging in the system. The low dimensionality of the model enables us to derive these conditions in clear relationships of biophysical and social factors describing the coupled system. Analysis of the model further reveals regime shifts, trade-offs, and potential pitfalls that one may face in governing these self-organized systems. The intuition and insights derived from the model lay ground for more rigorous treatment of robustness and resilience of self-organized coupled infrastructure systems, which can lead to more effective governance.

Analyzing coastal coupled infrastructure systems through multi-scale serious games in Languedoc, France

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1879-1889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Bonté ◽  
Clara Therville ◽  
François Bousquet ◽  
Géraldine Abrami ◽  
Sandrine Dhenain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serious Games ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Coupled Infrastructure Systems

scholarly journals Mapping Ostrom’s common-pool resource systems coding handbook to the coupled infrastructure systems framework to enable comparative research

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Bernstein ◽  
Maria Del Mar Mancha-Cisneros ◽  
Madeline Tyson ◽  
Ute Brady ◽  
Cathy Alida Rubiños ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Systems Framework ◽  
Coupled Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Resource Systems

Highways as coupled infrastructure systems: an integrated approach to address sustainability challenges

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A. Janssen ◽  
John M. Anderies ◽  
Andres Baeza ◽  
Hanna L. Breetz ◽  
Tomasz Jasinski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Coupled Infrastructure Systems

What’s Next for a National Infrastructure Policy: An Encore or a Requiem?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1087724X2110146
Author(s):  
Richard G. Little
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Infrastructure Policy ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Many ◽  
National Infrastructure ◽  
Roll Out

In an essay almost 30 years ago, Professor Dick Netzer of NYU asked the question “Do We Really Need a National Infrastructure Policy?” and came to the conclusion that we did not. As the Biden Administration prepares to roll out a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure package, the nation is faced with numerous questions regarding the infrastructure systems necessary to support continued economic growth and environmental sustainability. The purpose of this essay is to look to recent history for guidance for how to proceed by revisiting the underlying premises of the Netzer essay and reconsider whether a National Infrastructure Policy is needed. Because linking infrastructure to broader public policy objectives could both unite the nation and position it to address the many challenges that the 21st century will present, I believe the idea of a National Infrastructure Policy definitely deserves a second look.

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