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Infrastructure Asset Management Resources
The demand for quality infrastructure is constant worldwide. Well-designed infrastructure facilitates economies of scale, reduces trade costs, and is vital to the efficient production and delivery of goods and services. Infrastructure also underpins a country's economic growth and development, …
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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) backgrounder titled "How U.S. Water Infrastructure Works" provides an overview of the country's massive and complex infrastructure and explains how its water system is crucial to its economy. However, it faces many challenges, from chronic underinvestment, …
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Residents in the Michigan watershed councils of Huron, Rouge, and Clinton are encouraged by their councils to capture more rain and stormwater and prevent contaminated water from entering their lakes and rivers. These councils are located in Southeast Michigan’s three largest watersheds, …
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Thousands of Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland in Canada comprising communities in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Northern Quebec, and Labrador, are facing housing issues. A new report from Statistics Canada shows that little has improved over the past five years and, in some …
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President Biden’s goal for EV sales to reach 50% of the total vehicle sales by 2030 has driven billions of dollars in EV and battery production, creating a new “battery belt” or “gigafactories” in the US. The Electrek article reports that to meet the demands for zero-emission cars and ensure an …
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Puerto Rico, a territory of the wealthiest nation on the planet, has been struggling with a fragile electric grid for years. Regular blackouts are familiar to many of its residents, and even expected weather forecasts inform them of an incoming hurricane. Each time a hurricane pummelled through …
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Appalachia is a cultural area of the United States extending from the south of New York State, following the mountain ranges down to northern Alabama and Georgia. This region is home to approximately 25 million people who live in relative poverty and poor conditions. One of the most …
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Now that the US has enacted the US $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act, the Federal government faces the challenges of distributing funds to the states and cities. The US $1.2 trillion might seem such a huge windfall, but is it enough to cover all the country's infrastructure needs …
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In the US, investing in infrastructure is not the problem but overbuilding, delayed costs, and thinking too far ahead. The Governing article, "U.S. History Shows Spending on Infrastructure Doesn’t Always End Well" describes the infrastructure investments that took place in the United States in …
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Throughout history, infrastructure investments in the U.S. have indeed been awe-inspiring and a testament to its 'can-do' spirit despite the odds stacked against it. America started building the Hoover Dam at the start of the Great Depression in the 1930s. When they completed it in 1935, the 726 …
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The impact of the pandemic is beyond human health. Economies worldwide suffered from a reduction in income, a rise in unemployment, and disruptions in transport, service, and manufacturing industries. The IPWEA article "How two local authorities in America plan to use infrastructure stimulus …
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The US power grid is not prepared for the effects of climate change, which was made evident when the power cables melted during the heatwave in Oregon in July 2021. The incident halted the light rails and causing 6,000 people to lose their electricity (Heilweil, 2021). In February, …
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