Shifting Suburbs: Reinventing Infrastructure for Compact Development [Paperback]

Looking at infrastructure in the context of project development, this book examines existing infrastructure—how it was built and paid for—to illuminate the tools being used to fund and finance these investments as well as the shape they are taking. Eight case studies that highlight the infrastructure for redevelopment efforts from across the country are featured. As American suburbs build in more compact ways—with higher-density development clustered in nodes or along corridors, and with increasing options for getting around without a car—reworking or rethinking infrastructure can be essential and this book fills that information gap.

Rachel MacCleeryis the vice president for infrastructure at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). She is responsible for guiding the organization’s approach to national and global transportation, water, and energy policy issues. Casey Petersonis the project employee for the ULI Infrastructure Initiative, where she supports research for various reports and manages web development. They both live in Washington, DC.Julie D. Sternis a freelance writer and editor as well as a former senior editor ofUrbanLandmagazine. She has written, contributed to, and edited numerous ULI books, book chapters, reports, case studies, andUrbanLandarticles. She lives in Falls Church, Virginia. One of the few publications on the topic of infrastructure.