Infrastructure is Key to Make Cities Sustainable

Neuman, M. 2020. Infrastructure is Key to Make Cities Sustainable. Sustainability. 12 (20) e8308. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208308

TitleInfrastructure is Key to Make Cities Sustainable
TypeJournal article
AuthorsNeuman, M.
AbstractInfrastructure is all around us: under, above, even inside our built and natural landscapes. Sometimes hidden, sometimes visible. The flows that course through them make our cities, economies, and lives possible. Cities could not even exist without infrastructure. Life is endowed with more possibilities by infrastructure. The centrality of infrastructure is pervasive. Worldwide, cities embrace infrastructure for economic competitiveness, well-being, access, environmental protection and knowledge creation. As cities are crucibles that concentrate the human condition, infrastructures are conduits that enable that concentration and empower human achievement. As infrastructures shape almost every aspect of daily life, this article assays the various ways it currently makes places both less sustainable and resilient, as well as more so, and how we can minimise the former and optimise the latter.
Keywordsinfrastructure
capital facilities
community services
public realm
sustainability
resilience
planning
design
finance
governance
Article numbere8308
JournalSustainability
Journal citation12 (20)
ISSN2071-1050
Year2020
PublisherMDPI
Publisher's version
License
CC BY 4.0
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208308
Publication dates
Published online09 Oct 2020
LicenseCC BY 4.0

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