Chapter 1
Introduction to Infrastructure
I consulted several things in my situation, which I found
would be proper for me: first, health and fresh water I just
now mentioned; secondly, shelter from the heat of the sun;
thirdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether man or
beast; fourthly, a view to the sea, that if God sent any ship in
sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, of
which I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet.
Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe)
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–221)
A rising tide doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We
have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the
basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.
Rahul Gandhi (former Prime Minister of India)
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
. . .infrastructure might not be a sexy word, but it’s on
practically everyone’s lips. . .it’s not just a business issue; it’s
a family issue. And it’s a political issue, a leadership issue,
not just an engineering issue.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Move)
This chapter introduces infrastructure, its definition and its benefits. The importance
of infrastructure arises not for its own sake, but rather for the services it provides
directly to users, or to other infrastructure. For example, electricity is used by
consumers and for transport. Thus, infrastructure needs providers, users and may
be interconnected. They may also create externalities, such as pollution. Apart
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Introduction to Infrastructure
I consulted several things in my situation, which I found
would be proper for me: first, health and fresh water I just
now mentioned; secondly, shelter from the heat of the sun;
thirdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether man or
beast; fourthly, a view to the sea, that if God sent any ship in
sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, of
which I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet.
Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe)
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–221)
A rising tide doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We
have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the
basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.
Rahul Gandhi (former Prime Minister of India)
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
. . .infrastructure might not be a sexy word, but it’s on
practically everyone’s lips. . .it’s not just a business issue; it’s
a family issue. And it’s a political issue, a leadership issue,
not just an engineering issue.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Move)
This chapter introduces infrastructure, its definition and its benefits. The importance
of infrastructure arises not for its own sake, but rather for the services it provides
directly to users, or to other infrastructure. For example, electricity is used by
consumers and for transport. Thus, infrastructure needs providers, users and may
be interconnected. They may also create externalities, such as pollution. Apart
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
V. Proag, Infrastructure Planning and Management: An Integrated Approach,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48559-7_1
1