Decommissioning Aging Infrastructure


	Decommissioning Aging Infrastructure

neochonetes

1-19-2008 5:53 PM

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ecosystems, environment, decommission, infrastructure, degraded, restore, politics, science policy wonks

neochonetes says:

"EXPERTS" recommend targeted decommissioning of deterioriated and obsolete infrastructure to renew degraded ecosystems. This approach will turn the middle of the United States into a bare scattering of city-states unable to communicate because their infrastructure was destroyed when it could have been fixed in a way that could also help the environment repair.

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1-20-2008 6:58 AM

tabsey

Wouldn't they start with the White House?

1-20-2008 9:25 AM

BartendingBear

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</VARDEF><H2 name="HEADLINE"><FONT size="-1">ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:</FONT><BR /></H2>
<STRONG>Martin W. Doyle,<SUP>1*</SUP> Emily H. Stanley,<SUP>2</SUP> David G. Havlick,<SUP>3</SUP> Mark J. Kaiser,<SUP>4</SUP> George Steinbach,<SUP>5</SUP> William L. Graf,<SUP>6</SUP> Gerald E. Galloway,<SUP>7</SUP> J. Adam Riggsbee<SUP>8</SUP></STRONG><P>
Targeted decommissioning of deteriorated and obsolete infrastructure can provide opportunities for restoring degraded ecosystems.
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<SUP>1</SUP>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.<P>
<SUP>2</SUP>University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>3</SUP>University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>4</SUP>Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>5</SUP>California Artificial Reef Enhancement Program, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>6</SUP>University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>7</SUP>University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>8</SUP>Restoration Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC, USA.</P><P>
<SUP>*</SUP>Author for correspondence. E-mail: <SPAN id="em0"><A href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/319/5861/mailto:mwdoyle@email.unc.edu">mwdoyle@email.unc.edu</A></SPAN></P><P>
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