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Subsurface infrastructure (part I)
By Dr. Geert Roovers, scholar – In our more and more crowded and connected world adequate and modern infrastructure is a backbone of sustainable development. This infrastructure comprises – for example – transport-infrastructure, pipelines, high-tech cables and energy-assets, often in densely used urbanized areas. As urbanization is rapidly growing, sustainable management of this infrastructure is becoming difficult. First, sustainable management has to[…]
Bridging the Bosphorus via PPPs
By David Baxter, senior fellow – Next week I will be presenting two workshop sessions at the Istanbul PPP Summit, which is being held between the 2nd and the 5th of November. The sessions will be focused on institutional capacity building (institutional preparedness) and risk management. While preparing for the two workshop sessions and researching the context of PPPs in[…]
SDG6 – United Nations – Water for all
Without PPP no 821250 Million liters of Water to meet SDG6 By Jan van Schoonhoven – The numbers are staggering; according to the United Nations latest count: 750 million people lack access to drinking water. Sustainable Development Goal number 6 strives for water for all; realizing that the challenge is enormous. The problem is clear? Under the guidance of the UN[…]
Resolving complex water conflicts
By Dr. Peter Kamminga – In negotiations over the use of water resources, a zero-sum approach (meaning gains to one party are always balanced by losses to others) is generally taken. However, if the stakeholders in (boundary crossing) water projects set as their goal that they ought to try to meet the objectives of the various stakeholders simultaneously, there is[…]
Asset management: new demands for public infrastructure managers
By Dr. Geert Roovers – Infrastructure management is becoming more and more complex. Uncertainties rise, policy fields get intertwined, budgets are under pressure and demands from politicians, stakeholders and users need constant attention. In this climate asset management is rising in public management, and seems to be an answer to every new challenge. But what are the consequences of this[…]
Infrastructure, pump up the value!
By Arjan Hijdra – The universal framing of infrastructure is that these structures are crucial for a prosperous society. Politicians and decision-makers worldwide stress the socio-economic importance. But if we dig a bit deeper, it is not that easy to ensure this potential is realized. When developing a road, railroad, port basin and so on, there are numerous variables which[…]