Table 1.1 Different categories of infrastructure in a country
Category
Details
Agriculture
Different crops cultivated Irrigation systems
Buildings
Materials
Public and private buildings (hospitals, fire stations, prisons, schools, government offices, police stations, car park structures)
Other buildings (public, residential, commercial, multipurpose complexes)
Public and private housing facilities
Industrial, manufacturing, warehousing and supply chain facilities
Communication Telecommunication networks (land telephone/optic fibre networks, telephone
exchange stations, transmission towers)
Cable television networks
Wireless/satellite networks
Information technology (IT) infrastructure networks: (cable distribution,
computer networks, backup and recording mediums, cloud computing infrastructure).
Postal and Shipping
Education
Primary and secondary schools, universities, other training institutions
Energy
Hydroelectric plants (turbines, penstock, surge tower)
Thermal plants (gas, oil, coal fuelled power generation), nuclear
Gas pipelines (gas production at landfills, storage tanks)
Petroleum/oil distribution (pumping stations, truck/pipe transport, storage
tanks)
Renewable energy (infrastructure for solar power, wind power, biofuels)
Electric power distribution grid networks
Health
Public and private health facilities (hospitals, clinics)
Teaching and Research hospitals
Private nursing homes
Housing
Houses, apartments
Industry
Factories, equipment, logistics
Recreation
Parks and playgrounds, recreational facilities, swimming pools, picnic areas
National monuments and Icons
Lake and water sports, fishing facilities
Theme parks, restaurants, security facilities, casinos
Tourism
Hotels, transport and recreation facilities (fun parks, safari tours, ecotourism)
Transportation
Vehicles, bridges and tunnels, access roads. parking areas
Airports, helipads, air traffic control, ground facilities,
Seaports, dry docks
Mass transit (monorail, trams, bus, platforms, stations)
Waste
Management
Solid waste (transport, landfills, transfer stations, recycling facilities)
Hazardous waste (transport, storage facilities, treatment plants, security)
Nuclear/radioactive waste (transport, storage facilities, security)
Water
Wastewater
Water supply (pumping stations, treatment plants, service reservoirs, trunk
mains, boreholes, mechanical/electrical equipment)
Structures (weirs, dams, impounding reservoirs, tunnels, aqueducts)
Irrigation water distribution (rivers, canals, weirs, gates)
Sewerage (sewerage pipes, septic tanks, treatment plants)
Stormwater drains (roadside gutters and drains, canals)
Adapted from Proag (2010)
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Category
Details
Agriculture
Different crops cultivated Irrigation systems
Buildings
Materials
Public and private buildings (hospitals, fire stations, prisons, schools, government offices, police stations, car park structures)
Other buildings (public, residential, commercial, multipurpose complexes)
Public and private housing facilities
Industrial, manufacturing, warehousing and supply chain facilities
Communication Telecommunication networks (land telephone/optic fibre networks, telephone
exchange stations, transmission towers)
Cable television networks
Wireless/satellite networks
Information technology (IT) infrastructure networks: (cable distribution,
computer networks, backup and recording mediums, cloud computing infrastructure).
Postal and Shipping
Education
Primary and secondary schools, universities, other training institutions
Energy
Hydroelectric plants (turbines, penstock, surge tower)
Thermal plants (gas, oil, coal fuelled power generation), nuclear
Gas pipelines (gas production at landfills, storage tanks)
Petroleum/oil distribution (pumping stations, truck/pipe transport, storage
tanks)
Renewable energy (infrastructure for solar power, wind power, biofuels)
Electric power distribution grid networks
Health
Public and private health facilities (hospitals, clinics)
Teaching and Research hospitals
Private nursing homes
Housing
Houses, apartments
Industry
Factories, equipment, logistics
Recreation
Parks and playgrounds, recreational facilities, swimming pools, picnic areas
National monuments and Icons
Lake and water sports, fishing facilities
Theme parks, restaurants, security facilities, casinos
Tourism
Hotels, transport and recreation facilities (fun parks, safari tours, ecotourism)
Transportation
Vehicles, bridges and tunnels, access roads. parking areas
Airports, helipads, air traffic control, ground facilities,
Seaports, dry docks
Mass transit (monorail, trams, bus, platforms, stations)
Waste
Management
Solid waste (transport, landfills, transfer stations, recycling facilities)
Hazardous waste (transport, storage facilities, treatment plants, security)
Nuclear/radioactive waste (transport, storage facilities, security)
Water
Wastewater
Water supply (pumping stations, treatment plants, service reservoirs, trunk
mains, boreholes, mechanical/electrical equipment)
Structures (weirs, dams, impounding reservoirs, tunnels, aqueducts)
Irrigation water distribution (rivers, canals, weirs, gates)
Sewerage (sewerage pipes, septic tanks, treatment plants)
Stormwater drains (roadside gutters and drains, canals)
Adapted from Proag (2010)
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