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Mar 18, 2022

Recommendations for Investing in Infrastructure at the Intersection of Resilience, Sustainability, and Equity

Publication: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 28, Issue 2

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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.

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Data used during the study are available from the author upon reasonable request.

Acknowledgments

Research funding support from the National Science Foundation through Grant CNS-1541074, from the US Department of Homeland Security through Award 2015-ST-061-CIRC01, and from the US Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology under Grant 69A3551747126 for the research results referenced in this article is acknowledged. Support from the Williams Family Professorship for the author is also acknowledged.

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Volume 28Issue 2June 2022

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Received: Aug 23, 2021
Accepted: Jan 7, 2022
Published online: Mar 18, 2022
Published in print: Jun 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Aug 18, 2022

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Williams Family Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-632X. Email: [email protected]

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