Public infrastructure
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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.
