Public infrastructure

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Infrastructure
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Assets and facilities Airports Bridges Broadband Canals Coastal management Critical infrastructure Dams Electricity Energy Hazardous waste Hospitals Irrigation schemes Levees Lighthouses Parks Pipeline transport Ports Mass transit Public housing State schools Public spaces Rail Roads Sewage treatment Sewerage Sluices Solid waste Telecommunication Utilities Water supply Weirs
Concepts Asset management Appropriation Lindahl tax Build–operate–transfer Design–bid–build Design–build Earmark European green infrastructure Fixed cost Engineering contracts Externality Government debt Green infrastructure Life-cycle assessment Maintenance Monopoly Property tax Public–private partnership Public capital Public finance Public good Public sector Renovation Replacement (upgrade) Spillover Supply chain Taxation
Issues and ideas Air traffic control Brownfield Carbon footprint Containerization Congestion pricing Ecotax Ethanol fuel Fuel tax Groundwater High-speed rail Hybrid vehicles Land-use planning Mobile data terminal Pork barrel Rapid bus transit Recycling Renewables Reverse osmosis Smart grid Smart growth Stormwater Urban sprawl Traffic congestion Transit-oriented development Fuel efficiency Waste-to-energy Weatherization Wireless technology
Fields of study Architecture Chemical engineering Civil Electrical Mechanical engineering Public economics Public policy Urban planning
Examples Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Trans-Alaska pipeline Autobahn Bicycle parking station Brazilian energy independence Brooklyn Bridge Channel Tunnel Chicago wastewater China's high-speed rail Curtiba rapid bus transit Cycling infrastructure (history, safety) 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 Levee Offshore wind port 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 Wind farm
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Public infrastructure is infrastructure owned or available for use by the public (represented by the government). It is distinguishable from generic or private infrastructure in terms of policy, financing, purpose, etc.

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
Infrastructure
Infrastructure-based development

v t e Public infrastructure
Assets and facilities	Airports Bridges Broadband Canals Critical infrastructure Dams Electricity generation Energy development Hazardous waste Hospitals Levees Lighthouses Municipal solid waste Parks Ports Public housing Public spaces Public transport Public utilities Public works Rail transport Roads Sewage State schools Telecommunications Town square Wastewater treatment Water supply network Wind power
Concepts	Appropriation Infrastructure asset management Build–operate–transfer Design–build Earmark Engineering contracts Externality Fixed cost Government debt Infrastructure bond Life-cycle assessment Lindahl tax Maintenance, repair, and operations Natural monopoly Property tax Public capital Public finance Public good Public sector Public–private partnership Renovation Spillover Supply chain Taxation Upgrade
Issues and ideas	Air traffic control Brownfield land Bus rapid transit Carbon footprint Congestion pricing Containerization Ethanol fuel Fuel efficiency Fuel tax Groundwater High-speed rail Hybrid vehicles Land-use planning Mobile data terminal Pork barrel Recycling Renewable resources Reverse osmosis Smart grid Smart growth Stormwater Sustainable urban infrastructure Traffic congestion Transit-oriented development Urban sprawl Waste-to-energy Weatherization Wireless
Fields of study	Architecture Civil engineering Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Public economics Public policy Urban planning
Examples	Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Autobahn Brooklyn Bridge Bus rapid transit systems Channel Tunnel Controlled-access highway systems Electric power transmission High-speed trains Hong Kong International Airport Hoover Dam Humber Bridge Kansai International Airport Millau Viaduct Nuclear power Offshore wind farms Panama Canal Port of Shanghai San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Suez Canal Solar power Three Gorges Dam Trans-Alaska pipeline Transcontinental railroads

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