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Prepared by the Council on Disaster Risk Management of ASCE.

Quantitative Risk Assessment for Natural Hazards explains the practical aspects of using quantitative risk assessment (QRA) to develop optimal ...

Public-Private Partnerships: Case Studies in Infrastructure Development demystifies this innovative solution to the challenges of designing, financing, building, and operating major infrastructure projects. In today's world, partnerships between public ...

Prepared for the American Society of Civil Engineers by Economic Development Research Group, Inc.

Each report in the Failure to Act series provides an objective analysis of the economic implications for the United States of its continued underinvestment in ...

Prepared for the American Society of Civil Engineers by Economic Development Research Group, Inc., and Downstream Strategies

Each report in the Failure to Act series provides an objective analysis of the economic implications for the United States of its ...

Prepared by the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering of ASCE and the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

On August 15, 2007, at 6:40 p.m. local time, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of southern Peru, about 145 km from Lima. ...

Sponsored by the Task Committee on Roving Security Inspections of the Transportation Security Committee of the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE.

This report presents guidelines for the use of explosives detection dogs in security ...

Civil engineers who design, construct, or manage infrastructure or environmental systems often find themselves facing decisions that involve factors outside technical and engineering requirements: Can a transportation system be made more sustainable? How ...

The devastating consequences of the levee failures in New Orleans focused the nation's and the civil engineering profession's attention on the root causes of what is considered one of the worst infrastructure disasters in our nation's history. After ...

Prepared by the 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure Advisory Council of ASCE

The 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how best to improve ...

Sponsored by the Infrastructure Systems Committee of the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE.

This report contains 25 papers describing current approaches to asset management and highlighting the importance of and best practices in ...

A Report of the Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel of ASCE.

On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck southeast Louisiana and triggered one of the worst disasters ever to befall an American city. The devastation was so extensive, and ...

Prepared by the Risk and Vulnerability Committee of the Council on Disaster Risk Management of ASCE.

This CDRM Monograph discusses quantification of exposure and vulnerability of complex, spatially distributed systems, yielding estimates of local and ...

Prepared by the 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure Advisory Council of ASCE

The 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how best to improve ...

The 2003 Progress Report: An Update to the 2001 Report Card seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how best to improve it. This progress report examines the current trends for addressing the ...

The 2001 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how best to improve it. This progress report examines the current trends for addressing the nation's ...

The 1998 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how best to improve it. This progress report examines the current trends for addressing the nation's ...

Prepared by the Task Committee to Prepare a Planning Guide of the Urban Planning and Development Division of ASCE.

Urban Planning Guide discusses planning for maintenance an expansion of the nation's ...