This book addresses the prospects and challenges concerning both soft and hard infrastructure development in Asia and … provides a framework for achieving Asian connectivity through regional infrastructure cooperation towards a seamless Asia. Key … topics included are: demand estimates of national and regional infrastructure in transport, electricity, information and …

pace. Demand for infrastructure services is increasing massively, particularly in cities. Much of the demand comes from the … newly urbanized poor. Infrastructure has to meet their needs, but has also to continue to provide the underpinnings for the … very high. Poorly conceived infrastructure investments today would have a huge environmental, economic, and social impact …