Infrastructure finance: the business of infrastructure for a sustainable future

Infrastructure systems for transportation, utilities, and public works are essential for economic growth and an emerging alternative asset class. Business activity requires efficient transportation and communications, reliable and affordable energy, clean water, and environmental management. Infrastructure construction also provides a flywheel to help the economy through the ups and downs of business cycles. Another important purpose of infrastructure systems is to protect land, water, air, and environmental habitat. Without adequate infrastructure, a sustainable environment cannot be maintained. Unless a country can provide adequate infrastructure, it cannot advance and offer its citizens a rising standard of living. Recently, providing, operating and maintaining infrastructure has advanced as a recognized and important investment sector that reaches beyond earlier business models for transportation and public utilities.To underscore their estimated size of the business, Dow Jones and Brookfield Asset Management project some $20 trillion in investment in the next 25 years and recently created a new index for infrastructure investments.Neil S. Grigg (Fort Collins, CO) is professor of civil engineering at Colorado State University. He has worked as professor, administrator, and consultant in the fields of infrastructure engineering and management, water resources engineering, water resources engineering, urban water systems, and public administration of infrastructure facilities. He is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Alabama, and North Carolina. He has served as a consultant for many UN agencies including FAO, UNDP, and UNESCO.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-48178-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 347
• Fecha Publicación: 19/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés