Journal of Infrastructure Systems

期刊简介：The Journal of Infrastructure Systems publishes cross-disciplinary papers about managing, sustaining, enhancing, and transforming civil infrastructure systems. Papers are expected to contribute new knowledge through development, application, or implementation of innovative methodologies or technologies.Civil infrastructure systems enable thriving societies and healthy ecosystems. Civil infrastructure systems support transportation; energy production and distribution; water resources management; waste management; civic facilities in urban and rural communities; communications; sustainable resources development; and environmental protection. These physical, social, ecological, economic, and technological systems are complex and interrelated.Increasingly, inter- and multidisciplinary expertise is needed not only to design and build these systems, but to manage, sustain, enhance, and transform them as well. Typical management problems are fraught with uncertain information, multiple and conflicting objectives, and sometimes numerous and conflicting constituencies. Solutions are both complex and cross-disciplinary in nature and require the thoughtful integration of sound engineering judgment, economic flexibility, social equity, and institutional forbearance.Papers considered for publication must contain a well-defined engineering component and articulate a clear contribution to the art and science related to infrastructure systems. Potential authors should consult the ASCE Author Guide for acceptable paper formats and article types.

【译文】该期刊发表关于管理、维持、增强和转型民用基础设施系统的跨学科论文。论文应通过开发、应用或实施创新方法或技术来贡献新的知识。民用基础设施系统使社会繁荣和生态系统健康。民用基础设施系统支持交通、能源生产和分配、水资源管理、废物管理、城市和农村社区的市政设施、通信、可持续资源开发和环境保护。这些物理、社会、生态、经济和技术系统是复杂且相互关联的。越来越需要跨学科的专业知识，不仅是为了设计和建造这些系统，而且是为了管理、维持、增强和转型它们。典型的管理问题充满了不确定的信息、多个和冲突的目标，有时还有许多和冲突的利益相关者。解决方案既复杂又具有跨学科性质，需要深思熟虑地将良好的工程判断力、经济灵活性、社会公平和制度宽容巧妙地结合起来。考虑发表的论文必须包含一个定义明确的工程组成部分，并阐明对基础设施系统相关艺术和科学的明确贡献。