Infrastructure Ecology
People are moving from rural to urban landscapes at unprecedented rates. Cities are complex collections of infrastructure elements which, when they interact with each other, the local environment, and human social structures, exhibit the emergent properties of ecological systems. We contend that the best path toward urban sustainability lies within the understanding of urban infrastructure as an "Infrastructure Ecology." This new discipline will re-engineer urban infrastructures to maximize the production of comfort and wealth, while reducing the system-wide use of resources and generation of wastes, and increasing their sustainability and resilience to shocks.
Thermolytic Osmotic Heat Engine for Low-grade Heat Harvesting: Thermodynamic Investigation and Potential Application Exploration
Xin Tong, Su Liu, Junchen Yan, Osvaldo A. Broesicke, Yongsheng Chen, John C. Crittenden, 2020, Applied Energy, 259, 114192, DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114192.
Parametric Life Cycle Assessment for Distributed Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Integrated with Solar Energy and Energy Storage
Junchen Yan, Osvaldo A. Broesicke, Dong Wang, Duo Li, John C. Crittenden, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production, 250, 119483, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119483.
Spatial Variations and Periodic Changes in Heavy Metals in Surface Water and Sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
Li Lin, Chao Li, Wenjun Yang, Liangyuan Zhao, Min Liu, Qingyun Li, John C. Crittenden, 2020, Chemosphere, 240, 124837, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124837.
Can Virtual Water Trade Save Water Resources?
Xi Liu, Huibin Du, Zengkai Zhang, John C.Crittenden, Michael L. Lahr, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Dabo Guan, Zhifu Mi, Jian Zuo, 2019, Water Research, 163, 114848, DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.07.015.
Research Development on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure From 1991 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis to Inform Future Innovations
Huibin Du, Diyi Liu, Zhongming Lu, John C. Crittenden, Guozhu Mao, Shuai Wang, Hongyang Zou, 2019, Earth’s Future, 7, DOI: 10.1029/2018EF001117.
Interactions between Nano/Micro Plastics and Suspended Sediment in Water: Implications on Aggregation and Settling
Yang Lia, Xinjie Wang, Wanyi Fu, Xinghui Xia, Changqing Liu, Jiacheng Min, Wen Zhang, John C. Crittenden, 2019, Water Research, 161, 486-495, DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.018.
Presentation - The Water-Energy Nexus: Technology and Policy
John C. Crittenden, Osvaldo A. Broesicke, Junchen Yan, presented at the 4th Annual IWA Summit on Urban Water, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China, November 25-27, 2018. Download 2.8 MB
Life Cycle Assessment of Small-Scale Greywater Reclamation Systems Combined with Conventional Centralized Water Systems for the City of Atlanta, Georgia
Hyunju Jeong, Osvaldo A. Broesicke, Bob Drew, John C. Crittenden, 2018, Journal of Cleaner Production, 174, 333-342, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.193.
Analyzing Spatio-temporal Changes and Trade-offs to Support the Supply of Multiple Ecosystem Services in Beijing, China
Xiao Sun, Zhongming Lu, Feng Li, John C. Crittenden, 2018, Ecological Indicators, 94, 117–129, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.049.
Market Potential for Smart Growth Neighbourhoods in the USA: A Latent Class Analysis on Heterogeneous Preference and Choice
Zhongming Lu, Frank Southworth, John C. Crittenden, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Urban Studies, 2014, 52 (16), 3001-3017, DOI: 10.1177/0042098014550956.
Towards Automating the Development of Federated Distributed Simulations for Modeling Sustainable Urban Infrastructures
Ajitesh Jain, Richard Fujimoto, John C. Crittenden, Mengmeng Liu, Jongchan Kim, Zhongming Lu, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Winter Simulation Conference, 2668-2679, Huntington Beach, CA, USA, December 6-9, 2015, DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408374.
Index of Network Resilience for Urban Water Distribution Systems
Arka Pandit, John C. Crittenden, 2016, International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 12 (1-2), 120-142, DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2016.075865.
Fractal Dimensions of Metropolitan Area Road Networks and the Impacts on the Urban Built Environment
Zhongming Lu, Hong Zhang, Frank Southworth, John C. Crittenden, 2016, Ecological Indicators, 70, 285-296, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.016.
An Integrated Framework for Managing the Complex Interdependence Between Infrastructures and the Socioeconomic Environment: An Application in Metropolitan Atlanta
Zhongming Lu, John C. Crittenden, Frank Southworth, Ellen Dunham-Jones, 2017, Urban Studies, 54 (12), 2874-2893, DOI: 10.1177/0042098016652555.
Infrastructure Ecology: An Evolving Paradigm of Sustainable Urban Development
Arka Pandit, Elizabeth A. Minné, Feng Li, Hillary Brown, Hyunju Jeong, Jean-Ann C. James, Joshua P. Newell, Marc Weissburg, Michael E. Chang, Ming Xu, Perry Yang, Rusong Wang, Valerie M. Thomas, Xuewei Yu, Zhongming Lu, John C. Crittenden, 2017, Journal of Cleaner Production, 163, S19-S27, DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.010.
Air Pollutant Emissions from Economic Sectors in China: A Linkage Analysis
Yuan Wang, Nan Lai, Guozhu Mao, Jian Zuo, John C. Crittenden, Yi Jin, Juan Moreno-Cruz, 2017, Ecological Indicators, 77, 250–260, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.016.
Water, Air Emissions, and Cost Impacts of Air-Cooled Microturbines for Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems: A Case Study in the Atlanta Region
Jean-Ann James, Valerie M. Thomas, Arka Pandit, Duo Li, John C. Crittenden, 2016, Engineering, 2, 470-480, DOI: 10.1016/J.ENG.2016.04.008.
Data-enabled Public Preferences Inform Integration of Autonomous Vehicles with Transit-Oriented Development in Atlanta
Zhongming Lu, Rundong Du, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Haesun Park, John C. Crittenden, 2017, Cities, 118–127, DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.01.004.
Assessing the Potential for Growth and Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, Water, and Transportation Systems
presented at the National Science Foundation Expert Workshop by Osvaldo A. Broesicke, John C. Crittenden, Michael Chang, organized by the BBISS, Arlington, VA, February 11, 2016. Download ~3.4 MB
