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3-10-2013 11:00 AM

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3-10-2013 11:25 AM

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Abstract: Infrastructure UK has been established within UK Government to co-ordinate the provision of National Economic Infrastructure, defined as energy, water, waste, transport and ICT. Co-ordination is not, however, easy. The lead for Government policy over the five infrastructure areas is shared across different Departments and arms-length bodies, sometimes with strong delineation and sometimes with wide co-operation. Policy is constantly developing and changes the overall landscape. To allow progress a snapshot of overall UK infrastructure policy across the five infrastructure areas has been developed, which provides a framework from which interdependencies between and among infrastructure polices and plans can be examined. This is enabling the identification of areas where a lack of discernible policy could lead to wider failures in interdependent sectors of UK national infrastructure or where synergetic opportunities should be captured. The author directed this work.

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Broyd, T.W. & Wescott, A. (2014). Understanding the National Infrastructural Landscape. In: Campbell P. and Perez P. (Eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium of Next Generation Infrastructure, 1-4 October 2013, SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Australia.

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Understanding the National Infrastructural Landscape

Abstract: Infrastructure UK has been established within UK Government to co-ordinate the provision of National Economic Infrastructure, defined as energy, water, waste, transport and ICT. Co-ordination is not, however, easy. The lead for Government policy over the five infrastructure areas is shared across different Departments and arms-length bodies, sometimes with strong delineation and sometimes with wide co-operation. Policy is constantly developing and changes the overall landscape. To allow progress a snapshot of overall UK infrastructure policy across the five infrastructure areas has been developed, which provides a framework from which interdependencies between and among infrastructure polices and plans can be examined. This is enabling the identification of areas where a lack of discernible policy could lead to wider failures in interdependent sectors of UK national infrastructure or where synergetic opportunities should be captured. The author directed this work.

Citation:

Broyd, T.W. & Wescott, A. (2014). Understanding the National Infrastructural Landscape. In: Campbell P. and Perez P. (Eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium of Next Generation Infrastructure, 1-4 October 2013, SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Australia.