Public works administration : current public policy perspectives - 4 0 16; Brewer, Lucy.; 5 (Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1997)
Public works management: in search of an academic field /;Perceptual differences between public works directors and chief executive officers: what do employers want? /;Writing a creed: changing the climate, culture, and values of a department of public works /;Enhancement of operational efficiencies of federal reservoir projects /;Assessing customers' capital improvement preferences: a study of water utility net benefits /;Analyzing the policy environment for urban infrastructure planning and development /;Overlay programs in San Marcos: a case study in privatization /;Privatization of public transportation: an analysis using forecasting to predict the financial impact /;The Living infrastructure: managing the greenspace /;Unforeseen problems and the need for corrective public works projects /;New Mexico's colonias: the roadrunners are comming home to roost /;The Civil war of waste: who will ultimately control the transport of solid waste? /;Provision of public works services: environmental, organizational, and personal explanations of contracting /;Airport privatization: strategies for the 21st century /;Public works, the courts, and the consent decree: environmental and social effects of the 'freeway with a heart' /;In defense of NIMBYs / Part I: Transforming the cornerstones of public works management. --;Part II: Implementing quality management in public works. --;Part III: Creating new paradigms. --;Part IV: Developing legitimacy: studies in policy complexity. -- Willard Price --;Karl F. Johnson --;Richard D. Heimovics --;Ralph A. Wurbs --;W. Bartley Hildreth --;Samuel Nunn --;Robert Ronson --;Jeff Johnson --;Terry Tipple, Douglas Wellman --;Dennis L. Soden, Janet S. Conary --;Ellen Rosell --;Catherine A. Wilt --;Claire L. Felbinger, John S. Mlckovsky.;Lawrence J. Truitt, Michael Esler --;Dean W. Hestermann [et al.] --;Larry S. Luton.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: 2 -- 0; 6; Management.;Management;Study and teaching;Management;Case studies. -- Public works;Public works;Public works -- United States;United States.;United States -- 20; 20; 2