Located at New York University, the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems is dedicated to linking infrastructure professionals with each other, along with providing information to the general public about new insights and interdisciplinary approaches within the complex world of civil infrastructure systems. The site is divided into five sections including those focused on education,...

The long-term fiscal outlook of the United States is the subject of this probing and insightful paper released by The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation in April 2008. Authored by a group of scholars and experts who span the ideological spectrum, they all share "a deep concern about the nation's long-term fiscal outlook." They seem to agree on a number of things, including that...

The good folks at the Brookings Institution continue to offer viable and timely public policy suggestions and commentary on America's urban areas through their Metropolitan Policy Program. This recent offering is a set of timely research briefs which address the economic transformation of the Great Lakes region. Before reading the briefs, visitors should look over the introductory essay on the...