Social infrastructure has endured a long period of neglect in most developed and emerging countries, with chronic underinvestment exposed by the coronavirus crisis 2020. The financial crisis 2007/08 led to a slow revival of economic infrastructure policies, and a growing involvement of...

The paper argues that East Asia is setting the pace for the recent trend in regional and inter-regional integration, which is associated with multilateral infrastructure connectivity initiatives, like the "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) of the People's Republic of China and Japan's "Partnership...

The paper deals with the issue of how Japan is positioning itself in the emerging and contested field of international connectivity initiatives. It starts with surveying the emergence of the connectivity topic in recent years, paying attention to recent infrastructure initiatives in the...

This chapter discusses infrastructure development in the Philippines under decentralization using illustrations mainly in the water sector. It opens up a study of the constraints and challenges in governance and regulation that local government units (LGUs) face in narrowing down the...

Infrastruktur ist eine zentrale Vorleistung, die in jede wirtschaftliche Aktivität eingeht. Für eine entwickelte Volkswirtschaft ist eine funktionierende Infrastruktur daher unverzichtbar. In Deutschland galt die Infrastruktur über Jahrzehnte hinweg als wichtiger Standortfaktor. Doch nach der...

The transition towards a green economy has become an urgent need. A pre-condition for the effective development and diffusion of green technologies, as well as for increasing competitiveness, is the presence of well-functioning national quality infrastructure systems, comprising standards,...

Am 31. Oktober 2020 scheint das Bau- und Planungschaos, das den Ruf deutscher Ingenieurkunst in der Welt nachhaltig beschädigte, nun einen Abschluss zu finden: Der neue Flughafen ist fertig und kann eröffnet werden. Die Wirtschaft der Hauptstadtregion dürfte durch die neue Infrastruktur...

In Deutschland gibt es beträchtliche regionale Unterschiede in der Ausprägung sozioökonomischer Indikatoren, die die Lebensverhältnisse beeinflussen. Es wird deshalb in Politik und Gesellschaft diskutiert, ob die im Grundgesetz postulierte Gleichwertigkeit der Lebensverhältnisse noch...

This paper studies regional treatment effects of infrastructure projects on economic growth, employment and intermodal transport volumes. The recent Belt and Road Initiative provides an experiment that can be evaluated using matching econometrics. Our results show that the establishment of a new...

Deutschland steht bei der Modernisierung seines Kapitalstocks vor enormen Herausforderungen. Vor dem Hintergrund einer Vernachlässigung der öffentlichen Investitionen in den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten gilt es nun, die Infrastruktur auf den neuesten Stand zu bringen und den hier aufgelaufenen...

A comprehensive roll-out of public charging infrastructure will be costly. However, its impact on the diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs) is not clear at all. Our study aims at estimating the extent to which an increasing availability of public charging infrastructure promotes consumers’...

The main purpose of this study was to find out the perceived impacts on the garment and textile industry of Vietnam from the Belt and Road Initiative (the BRI), a global-scale developmental and trade facilitation policy of China. The research applied both desk review and in-depth interviews with...

The governance of public sector infrastructure projects became an important topic of interest in the project, program, and portfolio management literature during the last decade. Today, it is becoming a central focus for policymakers seeking to ensure success in selecting, designing, and...

The China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) is a collection of different ongoing projects including transportation, infrastructure, the Gwadar seaport, oil pipeline, and internet connection zone projects. The Chinese government has adopted a development strategy for infrastructure growth and...

Energy for buildings : Practises, policies and prospects / G.T. Reader -- Green design effectiveness for a mini automotive-repair facility / F. Balo, H. Polat -- Green hospitals and sustainability : Case of companion house of a research hospital / F. Balo, L.S. Sua, H. Polat.

This paper investigates the implication of economic recession on the infrastructural development using Ikare, Akoko, Ondo state as a case study. The study posits that infrastructural facilities are a potent indicator of socio-economic performance of a region and could be understood from the...

"Examines the geo-economic and geo-strategic implications of a growing 'global' battle to promote infrastructural connectivity across and between continents of the world. Highlights the importance of China's Belt and Road Initiative and of corresponding initiatives by other countries. Examines...

US Infrastructure: An Overview of Issues and Opportunities / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Part I: Structure, Technological Innovation and Sustainability -- State of US Infrastructure: Current and Future Perspective / -- Bjorn Birgisson and Robert L. Lytton -- Technological Innovation and Intelligent...

"This book on the Belt and Road Initiative is written from an unusual perspective and by someone who was born in India but raised in Singapore; who has never spent a day of schooling in the greater China (Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) but has Chinese heritage; who eventually built a long...

"This book examines the dynamics of infrastructure development in Northeast India especially Manipur from a socio-anthropological perspective. It looks at the pattern and distribution of infrastructure in the region to analyse the impact of education, roads and healthcare on the livelihoods,...

Africa is seen today as a continent of enormous opportunity, a destination for investors and development actors seeking high-growth markets. However, Africa's economic growth is being hampered by weak infrastructure especially on connectivity. The connectivity bias is, however, more profound for...

Central Asia has a long history of external influences, ranging from the historical Silk Road, to annexation by the Russian Empire and incorporation into the Soviet Union. After more than a century of strong ties with Russia in political, economic and socio-cultural terms, since 1991, Central...