We define Infranomics as a body of discipline supporting analysis and decision making regarding modern societal vexing issues of sustainability, asset management, energy and safety, ethics, education, and engineering design. While it is in its infancy, Infranomics is proposed as a thesis enabling better decision making in an increasing ambiguous, complex, emergent, interdependent, and uncertain world. As modern society contends with rapid technological changes, socioeconomic institutional changes, increased globalization, and scarcity of resources, decision makers (i.e., policymakers and private entity operators, and researchers) are faced with a daunting task of ensuring the well-being of public health, security, and economy. Since no nation has unlimited resources, the time is ripe for a discipline that supports analysis and decision making to increase anticipation in an increasingly uncertain world.
In the 25 works contributing to this book, we illuminate Infranomics in different aspects of modern society. The paper by Gheorghe et al., serves as the introduction to this volume. It addresses the interdisciplinary format of Infranomics, highlighting some potential initial areas of applications, and the category of analytical instruments adequately empowered to deal with the complex domain of the new body of discipline.
GHEORGHE Adrian;
MASERA Marcelo;
KATINA Polinpapilinho;
2014-01-10
Springer Publishing International
JRC86998
978-3-319-02492-9,
1566-0443,
http://www.springer.com/engineering/civil,
engineering/book/978-3-319-02492-9,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC86998,
10.1007/978-3-319-02493-6,
