Infrastructure to 2030 (Vol.2)
Subtitle: Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9789264031326
Subjects: Force and energy; Power (Mechanics); Power resources; Ecology; Euthenics; Nature and nurture; Adaptation (Biology); Economics; Transportation; Science and Technology
Description: Infrastructure systems play a vital role in economic and social development. Demand for infrastructure is set to continue to expand significantly in the decades ahead, driven by major factors of change such as global economic growth, technological progress, climate change, urbanisation and growing congestion. However, challenges abound: many parts of infrastructure systems in OECD countries are ageing rapidly, public finances are becoming increasingly tight and infrastructure financing is becoming more complex. This book assesses the future viability of current "business models" in five infrastructure sectors: electricity, water, rail freight, urban mass transit and road transport. It proposes policy recommendations that aim to enhance capacity to meet future infrastructure needs, including measures that could be taken by governments both collectively and individually to create more favourable institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks.  
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: Infrastructure to 2030: Main Findings and Policy Recommendations; title: A Cross-Sectoral Synthesis on the Long-Term Outlook for Infrastructure Business Models; title: Assessing the Long-Term Outlook for Business Models in Electricity Infrastructure and Services; title: Water Infrastructure and Water-related Services: Trends and Challenges Affecting Future Development; title: Key Trends and Implications for Policy Change in Long-Term Rail Freight Traffic and Infrastructure; title: Strategic Issues for the Future Funding and Operation of Urban Public Transport Systems; title: Road Transport Infrastructure: Business Models, Trends and Prospects; title: Members of the Infrastructure Project Steering Group - Experts Involved in the Infrastructure Project.