Infrastructure for Smart Villages [Paperback]

1. Infrastructures, society and community

2. Infrastructure planning - contexts and principles

3. Cost and economy

4.?Decision making on infrastructure in rural and regional contexts?

5.?Sustainability and infrastructure in rural and regional context

6.?Risks, vulnerability and resilience in infrastructure

7.?Cost planning, budgeting, Funding and Procurement

8.?Infrastructure governance in Rural and Regional contexts

This book intends to initiate a fresh articulation of need-based infrastructure provisions in rural contexts. It is key reading for development, planning and infrastructure courses as well as professionals and researchers involved in international development, aid and provision in rural areas.

This book intends to initiate a fresh articulation of need-based infrastructure provisions in rural contexts. Departing from the conventional theories and practices of infrastructure planning and development applied in urban settings, the book presents a comprehensive suite of technical and non-technical indicators that rationalise fit-for-purpose planning, development, and operations of rural infrastructure. Drawing from global practices in public and private sectors and research-based evidence, a distinctive argument is put forward for promoting location-specific infrastructure development from effectiveness, practicality, affordability, and sustainability perspectives. The argument encompasses wider social, cultural, and economic contexts that are unique to rural settings and the book highlights a clear roadmap of how the UNs sustainable devellSz