city infrastructure
Municipal support systems
City infrastructure is the physical systems and facilities that enable a city to function—roads, bridges, water supply, sewage, electrical grids, public transit, and telecommunications.
The term often appears in discussions of maintenance and investment: The mayor promised to rebuild the city's crumbling infrastructure.
Infrastructure problems reveal themselves when systems fail: burst pipes, power outages, potholed streets.
- airportsFacilities for aircraft arrival
- bus terminalsDeparture points for coaches
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
railways · water supply · fire stations · schools · traffic lights · traffic control · parking garages · desalination plants · police stations · city hall · tunnel · data centers · gas pipelines · pumping stations · fiber optics · electrical grid · power stations · waterworks
- city governmentcity hall, city manager, city clerk, city charter, mayor's office
- citiesParis, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles
- local financecouncil tax, community banks, budgets, regional banks, state bonds
city infrastructurewilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
natural landscape · untouched nature · virgin forest · pristine ecosystem · undeveloped land
city infrastructurerural infrastructure
Systems serving agricultural areas
country roads · farmland · agricultural land · remote settlement · off-grid living
city infrastructureresidential buildings
Structures for living in
commercial buildings · single-family homes · private property