Public works

The notion of internal improvements or public works is a concept in economics and politics. The term public infrastructure refers only to the infrastructural capital involved in these activities.

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Economics - Politics - Public infrastructure - Infrastructural capital

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An internal improvement is some constructible object, via which, a nation can improve its economic infrastructure.

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Constructible - Nation - Economic - Infrastructure

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Examples of internal improvements are: airports, canals, dams, dikes, pipelines, railroads, roads, tunnels, and artificial harbours.

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Airport - Canal - Dam - Dikes - Pipelines - Railroad - Road - Tunnel - Harbour

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Public works is a slightly broader term, it can include such things as: mines, schools, hospitals, water purification and sewage treatment centers. It is often used interchangeably with municipal infrastructure, e.g. urban infrastructure which is often, in big-city contexts, just called infrastructure.

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Mine - School - Hospital - Water purification - Sewage treatment - Municipal infrastructure - Urban infrastructure - Infrastructure

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