#ForewordFriday: Better Together Edition

We have the built environment on our minds right now, as editor Heather and lots of authors and friends attend the 22nd Congress for New Urbanism: The Resilient Community in Buffalo, New York, so this week's excerpt comes from Hillary Brown's new book, Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works. Brown sees that our infrastructure is practically disintegrating and calls for a new approach. By thinking holistically across a range of infrastructure types, she says, cities can develop innovative solutions that save money and are better for the environment--and can better withstand the uncertainty we all face in the coming years.