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Britain Aims to Strengthen North’s Cities

Under a “Northern Powerhouse” plan, the government has pledged to build more roads and railways, invest in technology and research hubs, and even appeal to China’s development bank for funds.

As Aid Floods Into Flint, a Fix Remains Far Off

Five months after state authorities announced that it was unsafe to drink unfiltered water, the water is still unsafe, with no promise of when it will be.

Delhi Water Crisis Exposes a Fragile Infrastructure

Residents in India’s capital region have been left without running water after protesters sabotaged a major canal.

Subdued Opening Set for $4 Billion Transit Hub Called a ‘Symbol of Excess’

The current executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has made it clear that he would not have proceeded with such a huge undertaking in Manhattan.

Bernie Sanders Meets With Residents of Flint Before Campaign Rally in Michigan

Mr. Sanders said his meeting with seven or eight residents of Flint, Mich., to talk about the water crisis, “was one of the more difficult meetings that I have ever attended in a long political life.”

Infrastructure for Water Resource Management in Southern Africa

Water resources infrastructure ranges from educational and research infrastructure, storage works (surface and underground), hydrological and meteorological stations, irrigation systems, to water infrastructure for eco-tourism. This water resources infrastructure serves the mining, agricultural, urban and rural water needs, the environment, amongst a host of other needs and demands.

Real Sector Output and Financial Liberalisation in Nigeria

This study investigates the impact of financial liberalisation on real sector output in Nigeria by adopting the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) modeling technique for the econometric analysis. Pre-estimation tests such as the Stationarity and Cointegration tests were also done.

Health Infrastructure in Odisha with Special Reference to Cuttack and Bhubaneswar Cities

Infrastructure is fundamental for any kind of development. Health infrastructure is very essential for quality health output. In this connection, the objective of this study is to explore the health infrastructure available in the state of Odisha and especially in the twin city of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar. It is observed that the health infrastructure available in the state is very poor with large numbers of medical and paramedical posts lying vacant.

Multifunctional Roads: The Potential Effects of Combined Roads and Water Harvesting Infrastructure on Livelihoods and Poverty in Ethiopia

Rural roads are built to improve people’s mobility and to enhance access to markets, administrative centres, schools and health posts, and are credited with important socio-economic changes. A less studied aspect is the impact of roads on hydrological resources, as roads interact with existing surface and groundwater flows, redistributing water-related hazards and resources across space with significant consequences on people and their livelihoods.

Economics of State-owned Passenger Transport in Kolkata

In developing countries, rapid urbanisation has led to an increase in the demand for transport, aggravating problems of pollution, congestion and accidents. Increasing public transport availability is one way of addressing these problems. In the Indian city of Kolkata, buses cater to a large number of people in the metropolitan area and are run by private operators as well as by the state government. Corporations owned by the state, known as state transport undertakings, operate buses.

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