The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan is not new to the team at Inframanage.com - read our earlier posts on the Flint Michigan Water Crisis. It has now reached the point where Flint residents in July 2015 staged a scheduled, one-week demonstration under the title: "CLEAN AFFORDABLE WATER …
Dr Natalie Jackson, Population, Demography and Change
In April 2015, Dr. Natalie Jackson, New Zealand's preeminent research demographer, gave a presentation hosted at the Waugh Infrastructure Management offices in Timaru to an audience of New Zealand local government transportation and water utility engineers and Waugh Infrastructure …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Implications of Hispanic Immigration and the US Population and Demography
The Economist Magazine has just published a very interesting and informative article on US population and demography changes and the long-term national advantages that Hispanic immigration is giving the United States. The article provides a very good overview of US demographics and is well worth …
Infrastructure Management Outlook on The Economist’s Urbanization 1950 to 2050
The Economist Magazine published a very interesting interactive timeline showing city size and growth from 1950-2030. You can play the whole sequence or move the slider to individual years and study trends and comparisons. You can click on individual cities and see the growth trend. …
Infrastructure Asset Management Views on Detroit’s $1.7B Infra Funding
The City of Detroit is emerging from its Chapter 9 bankruptcy, and a recent Economist Magazine article notes the major details of the bankruptcy settlement: 7 billion debt removed, 11 billion remainsRetiree pensions and health care benefits reducedDetroit Institute of Arts savedInfrastructure and …
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Infrastructure Asset Management – Challenges of Shrinking Cities
The postindustrial phenomenon of shrinking cities is a topic of considerable importance to infrastructure asset managers. The prediction of future demand is a core component of infrastructure asset management, and along with understanding levels of service, this guides the development planning …
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Infrastructure Investment Gathering Momentum in the Philippine Economy
Population growth (or decline) matters a lot in infrastructure asset management. In conjunction with levels of service delivered and asset lifecycle management, future growth forms a core analysis tool in the practice of infrastructure asset management. This blog noted in October 2013 …
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Demography of Canterbury Region by Prof. Natalie Jackson (Video 3)
A Day with Professor Natalie Jackson - Afternoon Session, Canterbury Region from Inframanage on Vimeo. Video 3 of 3 The video above is the third and final video of Professor Natalie Jackson's lecture on New Zealand Demography. In February 2013, Waugh Infrastructure Management invited …
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Prof. Natalie Jackson Answers Questions on New Zealand Demography (Video 2)
A Day with Professor Natalie Jackson - Morning Session Questions and Answers from Inframanage on Vimeo. Video 2 of 3 Watch this video where Professor Natalie Jackson answers questions on the challenges of demography and its impact on New Zealand. This is the second of three video recording …
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NZ Demography by Professor Natalie Jackson (Video 1)
A Day WIth Professor Natalie Jackson from Inframanage on Vimeo. Video 1 of 3 Please watch the first of three videos of Professor Natalie Jackson's day-long seminar on NZ Demography. Natalie Jackson is a professor of demography and director of the National Institute of Demographic and …
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