Infrastructure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014320",
  "term": "Infrastructure",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The physical structures and facilities that support the functioning of a community, including roads, sewers, water lines and power supplies.\n\n2. Physical structures that allow society to function. Examples include buildings, roads, water pipelines, sewers, electric power lines, railways, and airports.\n\n3. The foundation underlying a nation's, region's, or community's economy (transportation and communications systems, power facilities, schools, hospitals, etc.). (U.S. Forest Serv. 1972B)\n\n4. Physical structures and facilities that support the functioning of a community, including roads, sewers, water lines and power supplies.",
  "abbreviation": "I",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/infrastructure/"
}