1st Edition

Infrastructure for Smart Villages

By Hemanta Doloi Copyright 2025
234 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book intends to initiate a fresh articulation of need-based infrastructure provisions in rural contexts. Departing from the conventional theories and practices of infrastructure planning and development applied in urban settings, the book presents a comprehensive suite of technical and non-technical indicators that rationalise fit-for-purpose planning, development, and operations of rural... Read more

1. Infrastructures, society and community

2. Infrastructure planning - contexts and principles

3. Cost and economy

4. Decision making on infrastructure in rural and regional contexts 

5. Sustainability and infrastructure in rural and regional context

6. Risks, vulnerability and resilience in infrastructure

7. Cost planning, budgeting, Funding and Procurement

8. Infrastructure governance in Rural and Regional contexts

Biography

Dr Hemanta Doloi is an Associate Professor in the Construction Management discipline and the Project Director of the Smart Villages project at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of the University of Melbourne.