Generally speaking infrastructure refers to all the stuff that we use every day but never think about: water from the tap; the road to work; the ferry across the harbour, the footbridge we cross when we walk to lunch; the blackberry messages sent into invisible lines of communication. Infrastructure is made manifest when we take the Mid-level Escalator; the energy harnessed when we take a shower, we turn on a light, take the subway. Infrastructure also includes larger things that make the global economy go round: airports, energy facilities, schools, hospitals and transit rail links, sea ports.
An unexpected consequence of the huge amount of infrastructure spending to come over the next few years is that it will continue the symbiotic convergence of economic and social systems between America, Asia and Europe.
Challenge: Poorly conceived urban infrastructure investments today will have negative environmental, economic, and social impacts in the future.
Strategy :To place sustainable development, infrastructure, and the environment at the forefront of our poverty reduction efforts.
Response: Putting sustainable infrastructure at the forefront by promoting infrastructure investment, improving water and sanitation, focusing on clean and renewable energy, driving sustainable transport forward, unleashing the power of the carbon market, and supporting private sector operations and public-private funding.
An unexpected consequence of the huge amount of infrastructure spending to come over the next few years is that it will continue the symbiotic convergence of economic and social systems between America, Asia and Europe.
Challenge: Poorly conceived urban infrastructure investments today will have negative environmental, economic, and social impacts in the future.
Strategy :To place sustainable development, infrastructure, and the environment at the forefront of our poverty reduction efforts.
Response: Putting sustainable infrastructure at the forefront by promoting infrastructure investment, improving water and sanitation, focusing on clean and renewable energy, driving sustainable transport forward, unleashing the power of the carbon market, and supporting private sector operations and public-private funding.
Infrastructure has traditionally been associated with professions other than designers, such as civil and traffic engineers or transportation planners. Do you agree with architecture exploring the opportunities of infrastructure or is this stepping out of our disciplinary role?
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