Infrastructure Refers to the Fundamental Facilities and Systems Serving a Country, City, or Area, Including the Services and Facilities Necessary for its Economy to Function.

Origin of Infrastructure Expand
1925-1930

Typically Characterizes Technical Structures such as
Roads,
Bridges,
Tunnels,
Water Supply,
Sewers,
Electrical Grids,
Telecommunications,

Assets and Facilities :

Airports •
Bridges •
Broadband •
Canals •
Critical Infrastructure •
Dams •
Electricity •
Energy •
Hazardous Waste •
Hospitals •
Levees •
Lighthouses •
Parks •
Ports •
Mass transit •
Public housing •
State schools •
Public spaces •
Rail • Roads •
Sewage •
Solid waste •
Telecommunication •
Utilities •
Water supply •
Wastewater


Concepts

Asset management •
Appropriation •
Lindahl tax •
Build-Operate-Transfer •
Design-Build •
Earmark •
Fixed cost •
Engineering contracts •
Externality •
Government debt •
Life cycle assessment •
Maintenance •
Monopoly •
Property tax •
Public-private partnership •
Public capital •
Public finance •
Public good •
Public sector •
Renovation •
Replacement (upgrade) •
Spillover effect •
Supply chain •
Taxation

Fields of Study
Architecture •
Civil •
Electrical •
Mechanical Engineering •
Public Economics •
Public policy •
Urban planning

Uses of the Term :

Engineering and construction
Civil Defense and Economic Development
Military
Critical infrastructure
Urban infrastructure
Green infrastructure
Marxism