Infranomics: Sustainability, Engineering Design and Governance

413 Pages·2014·7.25 MB·English

by  Adrian V. Gheorghe, Marcelo Masera (auth.), Adrian V. Gheorghe, Marcelo Masera, Polinpapilinho F. Katina (eds.)

Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Adrian V. Gheorghe
Marcelo Masera
Polinpapilinho F. Katina Editors
Infranomics
Sustainability, Engineering Design
and Governance
Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Volume 24
Series editor
Adrian V. Gheorghe
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Volume 24
Editor
Adrian V. Gheorghe, Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA, USA
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R. Leitch, Royal Military College of Science (Cranfield), Shriverham, UK
AimsandScope.Fundamentalquestionswhicharebeingaskedthesedaysofallproducts,
processes and services witheverincreasing frequency are:
What istherisk?
Howsafe isit?
Howreliableisit?
Howgoodisthequality?
Howmuchdoes itcost?
Thisisparticularlytrueasthegovernment,industry,public,customersandsocietybecome
increasingly informedandarticulate.
In practice none of the three topics can be considered in isolation as they all interact
andinterrelateinverycomplexandsubtlewaysandrequirearangeofdisciplinesfortheir
description and application; they encompass the social, engineering and physical sciences
and quantitativedisciplines includingmathematics, probability theory andstatistics.
The major objective of the series is to provide a series of authoritative texts suitable for
academic taught courses, reference purposes, post graduate and other research and practi-
tionersgenerally working or stronglyassociated with areassuch as:
Safety Assessment andManagement
Emergency Planning
RiskManagement
Reliability Analysis andAssessment
VulnerabilityAssessment and Management
Quality Assuranceand Management
Special emphasis is placed on texts with regard to readability, relevance, clarity, applic-
ability,rigour and generally soundquantitativecontent.
Adrian V. Gheorghe Marcelo Masera
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Polinpapilinho F. Katina
Editors
Infranomics
Sustainability, Engineering Design
and Governance
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Editors
Adrian V.Gheorghe MarceloMasera
Polinpapilinho F.Katina InstitutefortheProtection and Security
Engineering Management andSystems of theCitizen
Engineering Joint Research Center
Old DominionUniversity Petten
Norfolk,VA The Netherlands
USA
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Preface
We define Infranomics as a body of discipline supporting analysis and decision
making regarding modern societal vexing issues of sustainability, asset manage-
ment,energyandsafety,ethics,education,andengineeringdesign.Whileitisinits
infancy,Infranomicsisproposedasathesisenablingbetterdecisionmakinginan
increasingambiguous,complex,emergent,interdependent,anduncertainworld.As
modern society contends with rapid technological changes, socioeconomic
institutional changes, increased globalization, and scarcity of resources, decision
makers(i.e.,policymakersandprivateentityoperators,andresearchers)arefaced
with a daunting task of ensuring the well-being of public health, security, and
economy.Sincenonationhasunlimitedresources,thetimeisripeforadiscipline
that supports analysis and decision making to increase anticipation in an
increasingly uncertain world.
In the next 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 Infra-
nomics, highlighting some potential initial areas of applications, and the category
ofanalyticalinstrumentsadequatelyempoweredtodealwiththecomplexdomain
of the new body of discipline.
Part I contains three papers discussing sustainability of infrastructures in
modern society. How can we create harmony between people, the planet, and
profit? The paper by Emile Broesterhuizen et al., provides a tentative solution to
this problem by examining ports, with consideration of clients and contractor
vantagepoints.Continuingthethemeofsustainabilityinportsisthepaperwritten
by Martijn P.C. de Jong et al. They provide an alternative design for open water
ports and consider coastal impact as well as advantages and disadvantages of the
proposeddesign.ThispartconcludeswithworkdonebyPoonamTanejaetal.,and
discusses the role offlexibility in port development. They argue that flexibility is
instrumental in achieving long-term financial viability and reduces environmental
and social impact of the port infrastructures in uncertain economic times.
Part II contains three works discussing asset management. Kerry Brown et al.,
suggestthatstrategicmanagementofassetsrequirescorporategovernance,policy,
objectives, and interagency collaboration. A framework that enables asset acqui-
sition,utilization,andmaintenanceforstrategicdevelopment ispresented.Martin
Laue et al., operationalize the various levels of the asset management framework
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presented in previous work. This work considers how asset management can be
embedded in organizations through the temporal, organizational, and spatial
dimensions. We conclude this Part II with a section on multicriteria decision
making for real estate portfolio. Monique Arkesteijn and Ruud Binnekamp show
how measure asset performance to enable decision making based on decision
makers’ criteria and preferences.
In Part III, the book discusses safety and energy management topics. In an
unpredictable world, we must develop mechanisms that can be used to alarm
citizens in harm’s way. However, paper by Helena Jagtman shows current
approaches has limitations. Framework to enable better communication is devel-
oped based on a case study. Paper by Masaki Nishimori et al., discusses policy
design for disaster-hit areas. Using the example at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Plant, authors present a framework of system design by holistically
incorporating requirements stakeholders’ requirements interactively and bottom-
upcommunications.Theworldlargestoil-importsisnow,China.Howdidweget
here and what does the future hold? Yang Saini et al., discusses these questions
and how these changes could impact transportation sector.
PartIVispurposefullyentitledequity,ethics,andinfrastructurestoprojectthe
image that Infranomics involved morals and policy. First, Neelke Doorn applies
thisconcepttowater.Thestatisticsonwater-bornediseases,peoplelivingwithout
safe water, and flooding are staggering. To address these issues, Neelke Doorn
suggests that modern society integrate governance into water systems. Kien To
and John Fernández present a compelling need for designing and implementing
low-emitting carbon cites in modern society-based alternative urban technologies
enabling efficient use of scarce resources. This part concludes with new and
exciting developments in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT concerning
instilling motivation to future researcher in solve complex and sociotechnical
systems problems.
ModelingandsimulationisthesubjectoffivecontributionsinPartV.Andreas
Tolk urges for need for modeling and simulation known as Serious Gaming to
enable manage systems of systems. An experimental game based on systems
dynamicisbuilttoexplorethequestionofsustainabilityandgreenhouseemissions
for built environments. The procedure and the results of the game simulation
model are provided in the work of Iman Mohammed and Erik Pruyt. Work by
Todd Schenk is specifically written to suggest an innovative way (Role Play
Simulation) to addressing hazards and threats impacting performance of critical
infrastructures. To conclude this paper, Sertaç Oruç and Scott Cunningham
introducepropositionsregardingengineeringdesign.Inthiswork,thecaseismade
for multi-actor approach that emphasizes game theoretical modeling for optimi-
zation in engineering design.
Governance enables regulation of social systems using variety of mechanisms
for a better society and is the subject of four contributions in Part VI. First,
Behnido Calida and Charles Keating give a new vision on the issues related to
governance in the context of complex systems exposed to uncertain and ambig-
uous environments. Many initiatives fail not because of incompetence of
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stakeholders, rather Otto Kroesen and David Ndegwah suggest there is a need to
understand ambiguities involved between cultural clash between nations and pri-
orities. This paper explores governance in technology transfer in East Africa.
Third, Fei Xue et al., introduce a systematic concept of structural analysis for
power grids security assessment to enable governance. Authors provide new
measures for criticality to enable ranking for sake of critical component surviv-
ability.Fourth,theworkdonebyAriaIwasawaetal.,usesSurrogateWorthTrade-
off Method to select technology for design of new systems in a Multiobjective,
Mixed-Discrete Nonlinear Programming problem.
The book concludes with Part VII comprises four papers contributing to
learning and knowledge dissemination within the larger context of Infranomics.
First, Christopher Magee et al., describe historical roots of Engineering Systems
and methods used in the field at MIT. Next, the researchers at ODU and Uni-
versitateaPolitehnicaBucharest,Romaniaprovideamethodologythatcanbeused
toassesresilienceofacademicprograms.Thismethodologycanbeusedtoassess
structural complexity and vulnerability of academic problems meant to address
modernsocietymostvexingissues.ThepaperbyHugoPriemusexploresthecase
for risk analysis and risk management in large-scale infrastructure project in the
Netherlands. This paper illustrates how academic theory can be used to advice
strongerorientationtowardflexibilityandtheidentificationofviableoptions.The
concluding paper is about a general framework, Actor-Option Framework, which
can beused tomodellarge-scale systemsintransition,toenable understandingin
different transition cases and integration.
As it is becoming increasingly evident that the space for technology-driven
solutions to twenty-first century issues is diminishing, there is a need for multi-
disciplinary approach involving technical and soft elements of human social,
organizational/managerial and policy, and political elements. The discipline of
Infranomics offers an initiating collaborative effort supporting analysis and deci-
sion making in our modern society.
Norfolk, Virginia, May 2013 Adrian V. Gheorghe
Acknowledgment
This book would not have been possible without the help from numerous people.
OuracknowledgmentsareindebtedtoProf.MargotWeijnenofDelftUniversityof
Technology (The Netherlands) whose interests in Infranomics is demonstrated in
years of research at and before the foundation of Next Generation Infrastructures
Foundation in The Netherlands. We also acknowledge Prof. Paulien Herder of
DelftUniversityofTechnology(TheNetherlands)withoutwhomthisbookwould
not have been possible. Prof. Herder was instrumental in organizing the CESUN
2012InternationalEngineeringSystemsSymposiumconferenceinwhichsomeof
the authors contribute immensely to this text.
WearethankfultoNathalieJacobsandCynthiaFeenstraofSpringerPublishing
Company for their encouragement in publishing the first textbook of this topic.
We would like to extend our gratitude to friends and colleagues around the globe
whose input improved initial drafts of this book.
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Contents
Infranomics: A Discipline-of-Discipline for the XXIst Century . . . . . . 1
Adrian V. Gheorghe and Marcelo Masera
Part I Infrastructure and Sustainability
Sustainable Procurement for Port Infrastructure Projects . . . . . . . . . 11
Emile Broesterhuizen, Tiedo Vellinga, Poonam Taneja
and Linda Docters van Leeuwen
Open Water Ports: Possibilities and Challenges
for Container Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Martijn P. C. de Jong, Otto M. Weiler and Jan-Joost Schouten
Role of Flexibility in Sustainable Port Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Poonam Taneja, Tiedo Vellinga and Robin Ros
Part II Asset Management
An Integrated Approach to Strategic Asset Management . . . . . . . . . . 57
Kerry Brown, Martin Laue, Javier Tafur,
Muhammad Nateque Mahmood, Pascal Scherrer
and Robyn Keast
Integrated Strategic Asset Management:
Frameworks and Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Martin Laue, Kerry Brown, Pascal Scherrer and Robyn Keast
Real Estate Portfolio Decision Making. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Monique H. Arkesteijn and Ruud Binnekamp
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