Infrastructure planning in rural Massachusetts |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK;2. School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, UK;3. Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK;4. Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies, University of Bath, UK;5. Department of History, University of Bristol, UK;1. U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Boulder, CO 80303, United States;2. U.S. Geological Survey, 6000 J Street Placer Hall, Sacramento, CA 95819, United States;3. University of Colorado, Department of Integrative Biology, CB 171, Denver, CO 80217, United States;4. AECOM, 500 West Jefferson St., Ste. 1600, Louisville, KY 40202, United States;5. City of Boulder, 4049 75th Street, Boulder, CO 80301, United States |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the importance of understanding and dealing with the problems of infrastructure planning and maintenance in rural communities. Infrastructure is defined to include roads, bridges, water and wastewater collection and treatment systems, and public buildings and capital equipment. The authors base their findings primarily on the experience of communities in Massachusetts, but these findings are readily applied to the situation of rural communities elsewhere in the U.S.A. and other developed countries. Three major conclusions are presented in the paper: the need for rural communities to develop long-range plans for infrastructure maintenance and finance; the need to develop effective local institutions to assume this responsibility, and the importance of managing growth in fast-growing rural areas in order to minimize the need for major expansion of infrastructure systems. |
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