This book provides a comprehensive treatment of infrastructure planning in the public sector, including the environmental, social, and institutional assessments, and other nonengineering or economic aspects. Numerous case studies from both the United States and foreign countries present the main concepts and methodologies with references to literature and research projects. This text is suitable for undergraduate and graduate level courses in infrastructure and public works planning as well as for practitioners or researchers working in this area. An Instructor's Manual is available with solutuions to all numerical problems and typical syllabi for undergraduate or graduate courses.