Public infrastructure

Public infrastructure

Assets and facilities
Airports Bridges Broadband Canals Critical infrastructure Dams Electricity Energy Freight Hazardous waste Hospitals Levees Lighthouses Parks Ports Mass transit Public housing Public schools Public spaces Rail Roads Sewage Shipments Solid waste Telecommunications Utilities Water locks Water systems Wastewater
Concepts
Asset management Appropriation Bank Benefit tax Build-Operate-Transfer Design-Build Earmark Fixed cost Engineering contracts Externality Government debt Life cycle assessment Logistics Maintenance Monopoly Project management Property tax Public-private partnership Public capital Public finance Public good Public sector Renovation Replacement (upgrade) Spillover effect Supply chain Taxation
Issues and ideas
Air traffic control Brownfield Carbon footprint Containerization Congestion pricing Ethanol fuel Gas tax Groundwater High-speed rail Highway Trust Fund Hybrid vehicles Just-in-time strategies Land-use planning Mobile data terminal Pork barrel Programmable thermostat Rapid bus transit Recycling Renewables Reverse osmosis Smart grid Smart growth Stormwater Urban sprawl Traffic congestion Transit-oriented development Vehicle efficiency Waste-to-energy Weatherization Wireless technology
Fields of study
Architecture Civil Electrical Mechanical engineering Public economics Public policy Urban planning
Examples Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Trans-Alaska pipeline Autobahn Brazilian energy independence Brooklyn Bridge Channel Tunnel Chicago wastewater China's high-speed rail Curtiba rapid bus transit Danish wind-power British offshore wind-power Nuclear power in France Solar power in Germany Hoover Dam Hong Kong Int'l Airport Intercity-Express Interstate highways Jamnagar Refinery Kansai Int'l Airport Panama Canal Port of Shanghai San Francisco Bay Bridge Three Gorges Dam Shinkansen Spanish high-speed rail French TGV rail Spanish autovias and autopistas Transcontinental Railroad Power transmission in the USA
Infrastructure portal

Public infrastructure is a general term often qualified specifically as:

Aviation infrastructure - air traffic control technology in aviation
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
Rail transport - trackage, signals, electrification of rails
Solid waste - generation, collection, management of trash/garbage
Sustainable urban infrastructure - technology, architecture, policy for sustainable living
Transport - vehicles, road, rail, cable and financing of transport
Water infrastructure - the distribution and maintenance of water supply
Wastewater infrastructure - disposal and treatment of wastewater

Public infrastructure is the term that describes infrastructure that is owned by the public and/or is for public use. It is generally distinguishable from private or generic infrastructure in terms of policy, financing, purpose, etc.

Public infrastructure

See also