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The Book:
Ethical Infrastructure

Ethical Infrastructure is a call to reimagine public systems as moral systems. It argues that every curb, pipe, contract, and policy reflects more than function—it reveals who we value and how we choose to live together. More than a framework, this project is a compass: blending systems thinking, civic ethics, and lived experience to help cities build trust, belonging, and justice into the bones of their infrastructure.

Ethical Infrastructure

Ethical Infrastructure: Restoring Trust, Belonging, and the Soul of Public Systems is the foundational volume in a two-book series exploring how the built world reflects—and shapes—our collective values.

What It’s About

Ethical Infrastructure invites readers to see streets, pipes, plans—and the systems behind them—as moral decisions, not just technical ones. This foundational volume blends personal stories, professional insight, and civic ethics to reframe infrastructure as an instrument of trust and belonging. Whether navigating sidewalks or stormwater, contracts or community engagement, the book exposes the hidden lessons public systems teach—and offers a way to build better ones.

Who It’s For

  • General readers curious about how cities shape daily life and justice
  • Engineers, planners, and designers seeking frameworks beyond compliance
  • Mayors, public officials, and policy advisors confronting civic trust issues
  • Faculty and students in engineering, public administration, or urban studies
  • Advocates, journalists, and civic reformers making the invisible visible
  • Publishers, agents, and associations looking to lead on equity, ethics, and the built environment
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