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دسته بندی: مدیریت ویرایش: نویسندگان: Virendra Proag سری: ISBN (شابک) : 9783030485580 ناشر: Springer سال نشر: 2020 تعداد صفحات: 701 زبان: English فرمت فایل : PDF (درصورت درخواست کاربر به PDF، EPUB یا AZW3 تبدیل می شود) حجم فایل: 14 مگابایت
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توجه داشته باشید کتاب برنامه ریزی و مدیریت زیرساخت: یک رویکرد یکپارچه نسخه زبان اصلی می باشد و کتاب ترجمه شده به فارسی نمی باشد. وبسایت اینترنشنال لایبرری ارائه دهنده کتاب های زبان اصلی می باشد و هیچ گونه کتاب ترجمه شده یا نوشته شده به فارسی را ارائه نمی دهد.
Preface Acknowledgements Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Infrastructure 1.1 Infrastructure 1.1.1 Problems of Infrastructure 1.1.2 Definition of Infrastructure 1.2 Examples of Infrastructure 1.2.1 Agriculture 1.2.2 Buildings 1.2.3 Communication and Telecommunications 1.2.4 Education 1.2.5 Energy and Power 1.2.6 Health 1.2.7 Housing 1.2.8 Industry 1.2.9 Recreation 1.2.10 Tourism 1.2.11 Transportation 1.2.11.1 Roads 1.2.11.2 Water Transport 1.2.11.3 Ports - Utility and Capacity 1.2.11.4 Airports 1.2.11.5 The Relation of Transport to Other Activities 1.2.12 Waste Management 1.2.13 Water 1.2.14 Wastewater 1.3 Services 1.4 Why Do We Need Infrastructure? 1.4.1 Economic Infrastructure 1.4.2 Social Infrastructure 1.4.3 Critical Infrastructure References Chapter 2: Infrastructure and Economic Growth 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 Why Do We Need Infrastructure? 2.1.2 Economic Roles of Government 2.2 Economics Applicable to Infrastructure 2.2.1 Selective Overview of Economics 2.2.2 Factor Endowments of the Country 2.2.3 The GDP as a Measure of National Income 2.3 Investing in a Business 2.3.1 Introduction 2.3.2 Determinants of Cost 2.3.3 Determinants of Benefits 2.3.4 Mathematical Formulation 2.3.5 Growth: Miracles and Disasters 2.3.6 Infrastructure v/s Growth 2.4 The Process of Production 2.4.1 Classifications 2.4.2 Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Production 2.4.3 Direct and Indirect Production 2.5 Impact of Infrastructure on Economic Development 2.5.1 Nature of Impacts 2.5.2 Achieving the Potential of Infrastructure Impacts 2.6 Infrastructure´s Effects on Economic Development 2.7 Infrastructure and Macroeconomic Stabilization 2.8 Implications for Infrastructure Planning and Policy 2.9 Conclusion Appendix 2.1: ``Constant Return to Scale´´ References Chapter 3: Infrastructure and Spatial Organisation 3.1 Cities Are for People 3.2 Green Urbanism Principles 3.3 Infrastructure According to Spatial Organisation 3.4 Smart and Sustainable Cities 3.4.1 Important Parameters Needing Consideration 3.4.2 Methodology 3.4.3 Transport and Land Use 3.4.3.1 Limiting Traffic Flow 3.4.3.2 Collector Roads 3.4.3.3 Access Roads 3.4.3.4 Fly-Over Bridges for Pedestrians 3.4.4 Transport 3.4.5 Cars - An Expensive Asset 3.4.6 Public Transport Priorities 3.4.7 Movement Within the Town 3.4.8 Movement Outside the Town 3.4.8.1 Alternative 1 3.4.8.2 Alternative 2 3.4.9 Goods Vehicles 3.4.10 Parking Areas 3.4.11 Facilities and Their Location 3.4.11.1 Commercial Space 3.4.11.2 Services 3.4.11.3 Offices 3.4.11.4 Schools 3.4.12 Leisure 3.4.12.1 Public Gardens 3.4.12.2 Swimming Pools 3.4.12.3 Stadium and Gymnasiums 3.4.12.4 Cinemas and Theatres 3.4.13 Residential Space 3.4.13.1 Environmental Aspects 3.4.13.2 Parks and Gardens 3.4.13.3 Vegetation 3.4.13.4 Trees/Forests 3.4.13.5 Pollution Free Environment 3.4.14 Other Parameters 3.4.15 Implementation 3.5 Low or High Density 3.6 Conclusion References Chapter 4: Infrastructure Vision for Sustainable Development 4.1 Objectives of Development 4.1.1 The Three Objectives of Development 4.1.2 Development in Practice 4.1.3 Possible Strategies 4.2 Sustainable Development 4.2.1 Sustainability 4.2.2 Possible Reasons for Non Sustainability 4.3 Extractive Industries Causing Environmental Concerns 4.3.1 Oil 4.3.2 The Hardrock Mining Industry 4.3.3 The Logging Industry 4.3.4 The Seafood Industry (Marine Fisheries) 4.4 Important Considerations 4.4.1 There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch! 4.4.2 Urgent Environmental Issues 4.4.3 Possible Approaches to Solutions 4.5 Sustainable Development Goals 4.6 Using Infrastructure to Achieve SDGs References Chapter 5: The Long Term Plan for Infrastructure 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Planning Investment in the Water Sector 5.3 Basic Activities Required 5.3.1 Assess the Infrastructure (Water) Requirements 5.3.2 Assess the Water Availability 5.3.3 Preliminary Matching of Resources and Requirements 5.3.4 Formulating Possible Schemes 5.3.5 Cost Estimates of Schemes 5.3.6 Formulating the Draft Master Plan 5.3.7 Marketing the Master Plan and Acceptance Thereof 5.3.8 Feasibility Studies 5.3.9 Looking for Funds 5.3.10 Implementation of Proposed Schemes 5.4 Planning the Activities 5.5 Establishing the Time Frame 5.6 Action Plan for Safeguarding Infrastructure Availability 5.6.1 The Plan Period 5.6.2 The Long Term Plan 5.6.3 The Medium Term Plan 5.6.4 The Short Term Plan 5.6.5 Carrying Out the Infrastructure Estimation Exercise 5.7 Use of the Backcasting Method 5.7.1 The Possible Demographic Changes 5.7.2 Applying the Backcasting Method 5.8 Conclusion References Chapter 6: Infrastructure as a System 6.1 Interactions Between Water and Other Sectors 6.2 Interactions Among Infrastructure Sectors 6.3 Systems Analysis in Infrastructure Sectors 6.3.1 System Concepts 6.3.2 System Characteristics 6.3.3 Complexity 6.3.4 Organisations as Systems 6.3.5 The Systems Approach 6.3.6 Enlarging the Paradigm 6.4 Applying Systems Analysis to Infrastructure 6.4.1 Overview 6.4.2 Scenarios and Assessment 6.4.3 Step 1: Scenario Generation 6.4.4 Step 2: Strategy Generation 6.4.5 Step 3: Infrastructure System-of-Systems Models 6.4.6 Step 4: Evaluating Infrastructure Strategies 6.5 Elements of System Dynamics Modelling 6.5.1 Physical flows 6.5.2 Level and Rate Variables 6.5.3 Information Flow 6.5.4 Flow Diagrams 6.5.5 Delays 6.5.6 Smoothing of Information 6.5.7 Table Functions 6.6 Modelling Principles 6.6.1 Causal Loops 6.6.2 The Diagramming Approach 6.6.3 Simple to Complex Modelling References Chapter 7: Economic and Social Aspects of Infrastructure 7.1 Welfare Economics 7.2 The Benefit-Cost Viewpoint 7.3 The Allocation of Incommensurable Resources for Incommensurable Goods 7.4 Social Welfare Functions 7.4.1 Simple Profit or Benefit-Cost Ratio Maximization 7.4.2 Profit Maximization with Inclusion of Secondary Social Benefits and Costs 7.4.3 Profit Maximization with Constraints 7.4.4 Vote Maximization 7.4.5 Democratic Strength of Preference 7.5 Designing Measures of Effectiveness: Public Health 7.6 Allocation of a Scarce Resource Space for Cars 7.6.1 By Congestion Pricing 7.6.2 By Rationing 7.6.3 By Money Pricing 7.7 Engineering as Opposed to Construction 7.8 Social Aspects of Infrastructure 7.8.1 Sustainable Knowledge Infrastructure 7.8.2 Infrastructure as Stored Potential 7.8.3 Water Matters 7.8.4 Treating People Differently 7.8.5 Projects and Promises 7.8.6 Is Infrastructure = Development? 7.8.7 Infrastructure as Country Icons 7.8.8 Aesthetics of Infrastructure 7.9 From Inception to Oblivion References Chapter 8: Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Infrastructure 8.1 Economic Measurement of Environmental Impacts: Theory 8.2 Generally Applicable Techniques 8.3 Using Market Prices to Value a Change in Production 8.3.1 Changes in Productivity 8.3.2 Loss of Earnings 8.3.3 Opportunity Cost 8.4 Using Market Prices to Value Costs 8.4.1 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 8.4.2 Preventive Expenditures 8.4.3 Choosing a Technique 8.5 Potentially Applicable Techniques 8.6 Techniques Using Substitute Market Prices 8.6.1 Property Values 8.6.2 Other Land-Value Approaches 8.6.3 Wage Differentials 8.6.4 Travel Cost 8.6.5 Marketed Goods as Environmental Surrogates 8.7 Cost Analysis 8.7.1 Replacement Costs 8.7.2 Relocation Costs 8.7.3 Shadow Projects 8.7.4 Summary 8.8 Survey-Based Methods and Macroeconomic Models 8.8.1 Contingent Valuation Methods 8.8.2 Bidding Games 8.8.3 Take-it-or-Leave-it Experiments 8.8.4 Trade-off Games 8.8.5 Costless Choice 8.8.6 Delphi Technique 8.8.7 The Limitations of Contingent Valuation 8.9 Macroeconomic Models 8.9.1 Generalised Input-Output Models 8.9.2 The Basic Procedure 8.9.3 Input-Output Models: Including the Environment 8.9.4 Leontief´s Extended Input-Output Tables 8.9.5 Limitations of Input-Output Models 8.9.6 Linear Programming Models 8.9.7 Limitations of Linear Programming 8.10 Economic Measurement of Environmental Impacts: Limits 8.10.1 Income Distribution 8.10.2 Intergenerational Equity 8.10.3 Risk and Uncertainty 8.10.4 Irreversibility 8.10.5 Value of Human Life 8.10.6 Incrementalism 8.10.7 Cultural, Historical and Aesthetic Resources 8.10.8 Summary References Chapter 9: Quality and Reliability of Infrastructure 9.1 Quality and Reliability in Infrastructure 9.2 Introduction to Quality and Reliability 9.2.1 The Meaning of Quality 9.2.2 The Meaning of Reliability 9.2.3 The Meaning of Failure 9.2.4 Effects of Time on Reliability 9.3 Importance of Quality and Reliability 9.3.1 Introduction 9.3.2 Infrastructure Unreliability 9.3.3 Costs of Unreliability 9.3.4 Effect on Cost Recovery 9.3.5 Distributional Effect 9.3.6 The Growing Importance of Reliability 9.4 Demand for Quality and Reliability 9.5 Building Quality and Reliability in Infrastructure 9.5.1 Introducing Quality into Infrastructure 9.5.2 Implications of the Concept 9.5.3 Cost-Benefit Analysis 9.5.4 Focusing on Reliability to Improve Productivity 9.6 Reliability of Systems 9.6.1 Reliability of Systems 9.6.2 Series Systems 9.6.3 Parallel Systems 9.6.4 General Series-Parallel System 9.6.5 Standby Redundancy 9.7 Measures of Reliability References Chapter 10: Climate Change and Infrastructure 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Climate Change Variables 10.2.1 Climate Change Impacts on Infrastructure Sectors 10.2.2 Exposure and Vulnerability of Infrastructure to Climate Hazards 10.2.3 Frequency or Return Period to Be Considered 10.2.4 Is a Return Period of 50 Years Acceptable? 10.3 Preparing Infrastructure for Climate Change 10.3.1 Introduction 10.3.2 Government Role 10.3.3 Private Sector Led Adaptation 10.3.4 Investors 10.3.5 Infrastructure Owners and Operators 10.3.6 Economic Regulators 10.3.7 Insurers and Re-insurers 10.3.8 Engineering Sector 10.3.9 Research Community 10.3.10 The Cost of Infrastructure Adaptation 10.4 Approaches and Mechanisms to Support Climate Resiliency 10.4.1 Approaches 10.4.2 Vulnerability Approach 10.4.3 Increasing Resilience 10.4.4 Suggested Policies to Increase Infrastructure Resilience 10.4.5 Examples of Policy Options 10.5 Challenges and Barriers 10.5.1 Introduction 10.5.2 Information Gaps 10.5.3 Managing Uncertainties 10.5.4 Balancing Priorities 10.5.5 Short-Term Regulatory Focus 10.5.6 Capital Projects Discounting 10.6 Conclusion References Chapter 11: Infrastructure Resilience 11.1 Vulnerability and Resilience 11.1.1 Vulnerability 11.1.2 Resilience of Systems 11.1.3 Sectors Needing Resilience 11.1.4 Definition of Resilience 11.1.5 Relationships Between System Capacities, Performance, and Recovery 11.1.6 Resilience Enhancement Features and Resilience Sectors 11.2 Assessing Infrastructure Resilience 11.3 Qualitative Assessment 11.3.1 Risk Analysis Approach 11.3.2 Resilience Assessment Approach 11.4 Quantitative Assessment 11.4.1 Resilience Efficiency 11.4.2 Resilience Quality 11.4.3 Effort (Cost) Resilience 11.4.4 Comparison 11.5 Using Cost Benefit Analysis for Resilience 11.5.1 General Principles 11.5.2 The Actors 11.5.3 CoBAYe 11.5.4 Resilience 11.6 Case Study: Resilience in a Water Supply Network 11.6.1 Vulnerability in the System 11.6.2 Remedial Measures 11.6.3 Resilience Features in the Water Supply System 11.6.4 Cost of Providing Resilience 11.7 Conclusion References Chapter 12: Disaster Recovery and Management 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Vulnerability 12.2.1 Disaster 12.2.2 Hazard and Risk 12.2.3 Vulnerability 12.3 Risks and Their Origin 12.4 Factors Influencing Risk Perception 12.5 Risk Hazard Classification 12.6 Measuring Disasters 12.7 Risk Management Framework 12.8 Before the Disaster 12.8.1 Prediction Techniques 12.8.2 Monitoring Techniques 12.8.3 Warning 12.8.4 Risk Reduction 12.8.5 Risk Reduction Strategies 12.9 Management of Disasters 12.9.1 Reducing the Magnitude of the Disaster 12.9.2 Time Management 12.9.3 Crisis Management Tools 12.9.4 Geography of the Crisis Management 12.10 After the Disaster 12.10.1 Assessing the Impacts 12.10.2 Unequal Compensation 12.10.3 Reconstruction Principles 12.11 Conclusion References Chapter 13: Modelling in Infrastructure Planning 13.1 Introduction 13.1.1 Infrastructure Problems 13.1.2 Basic Rules of Modelling 13.1.3 Communication Between Decision Makers and Modellers 13.2 Operations Research Methodology 13.2.1 Formulating the Problem 13.2.2 Constructing a Model for the Problem 13.2.3 Deriving a Solution from the Model 13.2.4 Testing the Model and the Solution Derived from It 13.2.5 Establishing Controls over the Solution 13.2.6 Implementing the Solution from the Model 13.3 Types of Mathematical Models 13.3.1 Mathematical Techniques 13.3.2 Statistical Techniques 13.3.3 Inventory Models 13.3.4 Allocation Models 13.3.5 Sequencing Models 13.3.6 Routing Models 13.3.7 Competitive Models 13.3.8 Queuing Models 13.3.9 Dynamic Programming Models 13.3.10 Simulation Techniques 13.3.11 Decision Theory 13.3.12 Replacement Models 13.3.13 Heuristic Models 13.3.14 Goal Programming 13.3.15 Reliability Theory 13.3.16 Markov Analysis 13.3.17 Combined Methods 13.4 Operations Research in Infrastructure 13.4.1 Suitability to Infrastructure 13.4.2 Scope of Operations Research 13.4.3 Applications of Operations Research 13.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Modelling 13.5.1 Advantages 13.5.2 Difficulties in Operations Research 13.5.3 Limitations of Operations Research 13.6 Simulation of Operating a Water Reservoir Reference Chapter 14: Multi Sector/Purpose Infrastructure Planning 14.1 Introduction 14.1.1 Multiple Goals and Objectives 14.1.2 Infrastructure Planning 14.1.3 The Role of Modelling 14.2 Descriptive Models of the Planning Process 14.2.1 The Policy-Making Process 14.3 Planning Strategies 14.4 Infrastructure Planning Objectives 14.4.1 Principles for Infrastructure Planning 14.4.2 Quantifying Infrastructure Planning Objectives 14.4.3 Mathematical Models for Multiobjective Planning 14.5 Trade-Offs and Political Feasibility 14.6 Formulation of Planning Alternatives 14.7 Plan Selection: The Identification of Politically Feasible Alternatives 14.7.1 When Preferences Are Certain 14.7.2 STEM, an Iterative Procedure 14.7.3 When Preferences Are Uncertain 14.8 Summary References Chapter 15: Multi Objective Evaluation Criteria for Infrastructure 15.1 Multi-criteria Analysis 15.1.1 Introduction 15.1.2 Multi-criteria Evaluation Models 15.2 The Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Model 15.3 The Simple Additive Weighting Method in Practice 15.4 Sensitivity Testing 15.5 Probabilistic Additive Weighting 15.5.1 Introduction 15.5.2 Expected Value 15.5.3 Variance 15.6 Allocating Weights to the Decision Criteria 15.6.1 Presumption of Equal Weights 15.6.2 Ranking System for Obtaining Weights 15.6.3 Ratio System for Obtaining Weights 15.6.4 Pairwise Comparison Weighting System 15.6.5 The Resistance-to-Change Grid 15.6.6 Hierarchy of Weights 15.6.7 Multiple Weighting Systems 15.6.8 Scoring Systems for the Criteria 15.7 Summary References Chapter 16: Decision Taking with Infrastructure 16.1 Risk Assessment and Management 16.1.1 Introduction 16.1.2 Risk 16.1.3 Risk Management 16.2 Decision Theory 16.2.1 Steps in Decision Theory Approach 16.3 Decision Making Environments 16.4 Decision Making Under Conditions of Certainty 16.5 Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty 16.5.1 Maximax Criterion 16.5.2 Maximin Criterion 16.5.3 Minimax Regret Criterion 16.5.4 Hurwicz Criterion (Criterion of Realism) 16.5.5 Laplace Criterion (Criterion of Rationality) 16.6 Decision Making Under Conditions of Risk 16.6.1 Expected Value Criterion 16.6.2 Expected Opportunity Loss (EOL) Criterion 16.6.3 Expected Value of Perfect Information (EVPI) 16.6.4 EMV for Items That Have a Salvage Value 16.6.5 Use of Incremental (Marginal) Analysis 16.6.6 Maximum Likelihood Criterion 16.6.7 Expected Value Criterion for Continuously Distributed Random Variables Reference Chapter 17: Infrastructure as Public or Private Goods 17.1 The Different Kinds of Goods 17.1.1 Characteristics 17.1.2 Excludability 17.1.3 Rivalrousness 17.2 Public Goods 17.2.1 The Free-Rider Problem 17.2.2 Consumption Goods and Capital Goods 17.3 Capital Goods 17.3.1 Rival Consumption Good (Bread Example) 17.3.2 Rival Capital Good (Scrap Steel Example) 17.3.3 Nonrivalrous Consumption Goods and Nonrivalrous Capital Goods 17.4 Social Goods 17.4.1 Nonmarket Goods 17.4.2 Merit Goods 17.4.3 Social Capital 17.5 The Relationship Between Social Goods and Externalities 17.6 Societal Demand for Infrastructure 17.6.1 Introduction 17.7 Commercial, Public and Social Infrastructure 17.7.1 Categories of Infrastructure 17.7.2 Commercial Infrastructure 17.7.3 Public and Social Infrastructure 17.7.4 How Demand Manifestation Problems Lead to Supply Problems 17.8 Infrastructure Is Dynamic 17.8.1 Infrastructure Changes Status 17.8.2 The Risk of Misdirected Prioritization, Optimization, or Design 17.8.3 Uncertainty with Infrastructure Resources References Chapter 18: Infrastructure Markets and the Private Sector 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Traditional Project Financing 18.3 The History of Build, Operate, Transfer 18.3.1 The First BOT Project in the Modern World: The Suez Canal 18.3.2 Lessons from This Example 18.3.3 Recent BOT Projects 18.4 Characteristics of BOO - BOT Projects 18.4.1 Partners 18.4.2 General Mechanism of BOO - BOT 18.5 The Advantages of a BOT Offering 18.5.1 To the Host Government 18.5.2 To the Citizens of the Host Country 18.5.3 To the BOT Consortium 18.6 BOT Partners Interactions 18.6.1 Role of the Sponsor/Project Company 18.6.2 Role of Host Government/Government Utility 18.6.3 Role of Multilaterals 18.7 Implementing a BOT Package 18.8 Structuring a BOT Financing Package 18.8.1 Introduction 18.8.2 Financial Viability 18.8.3 Debt Participants Requirements 18.8.4 Host Government Support 18.8.5 Pricing 18.8.6 Subordinated Loans by Government 18.8.7 Foreign Currency Issues 18.8.8 Transfer to Host Government 18.8.9 Earning Assets 18.8.10 Regulatory and Fiscal Issues 18.9 Analysis of BOT Project Risks 18.9.1 Introduction 18.9.2 Risk Analysis 18.9.3 Natural Risks 18.9.4 Technical Risks 18.9.5 Financing Risks 18.9.6 Debt Service Risks 18.9.7 Inflation Risks 18.9.8 Foreign Exchange Risks 18.9.9 Escrow Accounts 18.9.10 Political Risks 18.9.11 Political Risk Insurance 18.9.12 Force Majeure 18.9.13 Protection from Competition 18.9.14 Operational Risks 18.9.15 Risk Backstopping 18.10 Project Agreements 18.10.1 Concession Agreement/Implementation Agreement 18.10.2 Shareholders Agreement 18.10.3 Escrow Agreement 18.10.4 Sales/Purchase Agreement 18.10.5 Supply Agreement 18.10.6 Construction Agreement 18.10.7 Operations and Maintenance (O & M) Agreement 18.10.8 Insurance Policies 18.10.9 Loan Agreement 18.11 Sectors where BOT May Be Applied 18.12 Applicability of BOT in Mauritius 18.12.1 Basic Financial Principle 18.12.2 Welfare Economics 18.12.3 Taxpayer Pays for Better Service 18.12.4 Hotels - The Foreign Tourist Pays 18.13 Conclusion References Chapter 19: Cost Allocation for Infrastructure Implementation 19.1 The Need for Cost Allocation 19.1.1 Introduction to the BPP Principle 19.1.2 Background 19.1.3 Applications of BPP in Infrastructure 19.2 Criteria for Cost Allocation Method 19.3 Basic Definitions Relating to Cost Allocation 19.3.1 Project 19.3.2 Function/Purpose 19.3.3 Cost 19.3.4 Benefits 19.3.5 Allocation of Cost 19.3.6 Alternative Cost 19.3.7 Alternative Justifiable Cost (Expenditure) 19.3.8 Justifiable Cost 19.3.9 Specific (Exclusive) Cost 19.3.10 Remaining Alternative Cost 19.3.11 Separable Cost 19.3.12 Joint Cost (Common Cost/Distribution Cost) 19.3.13 Remaining Benefit 19.3.14 Vendibility 19.4 Basic Principles for Allocation of Cost 19.4.1 Basic Components 19.4.2 Basic Principle of Cost Allocation 19.4.3 Common Allocation Procedures 19.4.4 Current Cost Allocation Methods 19.5 Brief Description of Each Method 19.5.1 Alternative Cost Method 19.5.2 Alternative Justifiable Cost Method (AJC Method) 19.5.3 Bearability Concept 19.5.4 Benefits Methods 19.5.5 Ceiling Allocation (or Priority of Use) Method 19.5.6 Equal Apportionment Method 19.5.7 Separable Costs - Remaining Benefit Method (SCRB Method) 19.5.8 Use of Facilities Method 19.5.9 Vendibility Method 19.5.10 Apportioning Joint Cost 19.5.11 Suitability of the Various Methods 19.6 Allocation Mechanisms Commonly Used 19.6.1 Introduction 19.6.2 The SCRB Method 19.6.3 The Alternative Justifiable Expenditure Method (AJE) 19.6.4 The Use-of-Facilities (UoF) Method 19.7 Examples 19.8 Precautions - Problems References Chapter 20: Human Resources Management for Infrastructure 20.1 Infrastructure and Its Design Requirements 20.1.1 Nature and Characteristics of Failure 20.1.2 Critical and Degraded Failures 20.1.3 Evident Failures 20.1.4 Hidden Failures 20.1.5 Incipient Failures 20.1.6 Incipiency 20.1.7 Limits to the Application of Condition Monitoring 20.1.8 Desirable Infrastructure Design Quality 20.2 Infrastructure and its Operation Requirements 20.2.1 The Operating Conditions 20.2.2 The Feedback Control Model 20.2.3 Life Without Failure 20.2.4 Capability and Expectation 20.2.5 Human Failures 20.3 Infrastructure and its Maintenance Requirements 20.3.1 Maintenance 20.3.2 Types of Maintenance 20.3.3 The Need for Maintenance 20.4 Human Resources Availability 20.4.1 Four Kinds of People 20.4.2 Skills Required 20.4.3 Training 20.5 Manpower Training 20.5.1 Maintenance Skills Facts 20.5.2 Steps to a Successful Training Programme 20.5.3 How to Get the Training an Organization Needs 20.6 Human Resources Management for Infrastructure 20.6.1 Managerial Power and Politics 20.6.2 What Does Human Resource Management (HRM) Do? 20.6.3 Quality Circles 20.6.4 Service Delivery References Chapter 21: Quality of Infrastructure Service Delivery 21.1 Introduction 21.1.1 Customer Service from Infrastructure Services 21.1.2 Examples of Infrastructure 21.2 Customer Expectations 21.2.1 Apollo Hospital, Mauritius 21.2.2 Victoria Hospital, Mauritius (Anecdote 1) 21.2.3 Victoria Hospital, Mauritius (Anecdote 2) 21.2.4 Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa 21.2.5 Hospital in Paris, France 21.2.6 Hospital in Toulouse, France 21.2.7 Customs - Airport 27 August 2017 21.2.8 New Road to Plaisance Airport, Mauritius 21.3 Service 21.3.1 Service 21.3.2 Quality 21.3.3 Service Quality 21.4 Customer Perception 21.4.1 Customer Expectations 21.4.2 Word of Mouth Communications 21.4.3 Personal Needs 21.4.4 Past Experience 21.4.5 External Communications 21.5 Characteristics of Services 21.6 The SERVQUAL Model 21.6.1 The SERVQUAL Model 21.6.2 Deficiencies Highlighted by the Model 21.6.3 Expectancy Pattern 21.6.4 Service Quality Determinants 21.7 The RATER Model 21.7.1 The RATER Model 21.7.2 Understanding the RATER Metrics 21.8 The GAP Model of Service Quality 21.8.1 The GAP Model of Service Quality 21.8.2 Knowledge Gap 21.8.3 Standards or Policy Gap 21.8.4 Delivery Gap 21.8.5 Communications Gap 21.8.6 Satisfaction Gap 21.8.7 Summary 21.9 Quality Service in the Public Sector 21.10 Satisfying the Customer 21.11 Cost Recovery as a Method to Improve Customer Service 21.12 Conclusion References Chapter 22: Infrastructure Implementation 22.1 Examples of Project Implementation 22.1.1 Taj Mahal 22.1.2 The Great Pyramid 22.1.3 The Space Race 22.1.4 Resources 22.2 What Is a Project? What Is Management? 22.2.1 Project Definition 22.2.2 Definitions 22.2.3 Parties to the Project 22.2.3.1 Promoter 22.2.3.2 Consultant 22.2.3.3 Contractors 22.2.3.4 The Funding Agency 22.3 Project Inspiration and Implementation 22.3.1 Project Inspiration 22.3.2 Appraisal by Client 22.3.3 Appraisal (Review) by Third Party 22.4 The Project Cycle 22.4.1 Identification and Definition 22.4.2 Preparation and Formulation 22.4.3 Appraisal and Funding 22.4.4 Implementation 22.4.5 Evaluation 22.5 Project or No Project 22.5.1 Without Project State 22.5.2 With Project State 22.5.3 Without and With Project Comparison 22.6 Project Management in Theory 22.6.1 Introduction 22.6.2 The Project Management Cycle 22.7 Project Assessment 22.7.1 Promoter´s Intention 22.7.2 Establishment of Requirements 22.7.3 Investigations by the Consultant 22.7.4 Outline Programme 22.7.5 Estimates of Cost 22.7.6 Consultant´s Report or Feasibility Study 22.7.7 Presentation to Promoter 22.7.8 Form of Report 22.7.9 Decision to Proceed With the Project 22.8 Project Implementation 22.8.1 Appointment of Contractor 22.8.2 Appointment of Consultant 22.8.3 Best Value at Budget Price 22.8.4 Best Value With Weightage 22.8.4.1 Typical Tendering Terms 22.8.4.2 Observation 22.8.5 Project Supervision 22.8.6 Operation and Management 22.9 Project Management in Practice 22.9.1 Scope of Management 22.9.2 Project Within Project 22.9.3 Management Limitations 22.10 The Project Management Cycle Re-visited References Bibliography Index