..., these cases include the desire of governments to seek international support and reduce its fiscal burden, the intents of individuals and groups to seek rents or further their business or other interests and its use by political parties to seek electoral support. Internationally, Chinese investment...

... later in the water case study, the water industry is working with its users under auspices of Ofwat. Otherwise, users are left with their own ideas of what sort of service infrastructure should provide and their perceptions of how well infrastructure companies, and by implication government...

..., and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. government infrastructure planning social impact Infrastructure is important for the simple reason that societies rely on infrastructure networks to provide public services, enhance quality of life, generate profits...

...Rachel Sandham, MSc, FGS, CGeol; Denise Bower, BEng, PhD, FICE; Nancy Madter, MSc The UK government’s ‘infrastructure procurement routemap’ was launched in January 2013. It has now been applied to a range of projects and, following consultation, is being re-launched as the ‘infrastructure routemap...