Public Infrastructure
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A Public Infrastructure is an infrastructure owned by a public sector organization for public use.
- AKA: Public Sector Infrastructure.
- Example(s)
- A Transportation Infrastructure.
- A Electrical Power Distribution system.
- A Public Improvement.
- A Public Capital.
- …
- Counter-Example(s)
- A privately owned telecommunications service provider.
- An Off the Grid Building or Electrical Power Distribution.
- See: Public Sector, Private Sector, Service Provider.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Infrastructure
- Public infrastructure is infrastructure that is owned by the public or is for public use. It is generally distinguishable from private or generic infrastructure in terms of policy, financing, purpose.
- Public infrastructure is a general term often qualified specifically as:
- Transport infrastructure - vehicles, road, rail, cable and financing of transport
- Aviation infrastructure - air traffic control technology in aviation
- Rail transport - trackage, signals, electrification of rails
- Road transport - roads, bridges, tunnels
- Critical infrastructure - assets required to sustain human life
- Energy infrastructure - transmission and storage of fossil fuels and renewable sources
- Hazardous waste - characteristics, disposal, handling of hazardous waste
- Information and communication infrastructure - systems of information storage and distribution
- Public capital - government-owned assets
- Public works - municipal infrastructure, maintenance functions and agencies
- Solid waste - generation, collection, management of trash/garbage
- Sustainable urban infrastructure - technology, architecture, policy for sustainable living
- Water infrastructure - the distribution and maintenance of water supply
- Wastewater infrastructure - disposal and treatment of wastewater
- Transport infrastructure - vehicles, road, rail, cable and financing of transport
- Public infrastructure is a general term often qualified specifically as: