physical infrastructure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandinfrastructure
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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infrastructure
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandinfrastructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofphysical infrastructure
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Bridges do not get built in a day, andphysicalinfrastructureaccumulates slowly.
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However, jointly financed and managedphysicalinfrastructureis still rare.
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Interrelated factors highlighted include the 'social glue', civic infrastructure,physicalinfrastructure, external links, and attitudes and expectations.
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Wherephysicalinfrastructureis in an upstream nation, downstream impacts may be ignored after the structure has been completed.
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Significant investments inphysicalinfrastructureare necessary, especially in the form of transportation and communication systems.
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The creation of markets, where they are missing, requires a substantial investment inphysicalinfrastructure, particularly in rural areas and backward regions.
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Physicalinfrastructurein turn reduces transaction costs and allows greater resource mobility, with investment flowing to the highest returning sectors.
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This means training and educating a more skilled and higher-cost workforce, and improving the island'sphysicalinfrastructureand socio-economic institutions, while attempting to find new markets.
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The social system underpinned by irrigated agriculture then 'fails' in the sense that social complexity declines,physicalinfrastructuredeteriorates, and, in some cases, is completely abandoned.
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Physicalinfrastructurehas been neglected.
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In addition to the destruction ofphysicalinfrastructureand reversing the gains of decades of development, the wars and instability in the region have caused more than 300,000 deaths.
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A possible alternative would be to change the cross-sectional area of the conductors, but this technological solution has the drawback of changing the entirephysicalinfrastructureof the lines.
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Population density increases the return to investment inphysicalinfrastructure, so the two densities tend to be highly correlated.
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More specifically, where the state's revenue is unaffected by the massive destruction ofphysicalinfrastructure or loss of territory, the urgency of negotiations is not as compelling.
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However, there are ex ante costs of blood screening and blood donor selection procedures (37;50), further suggesting costs to human andphysicalinfrastructure, which our study did not include.
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This assessment is limited to the costs ofphysicalinfrastructure, excluding indirect losses such as project delays or suspensions.
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Very often,physicalinfrastructure, too, is targeted.
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The fourth and final pillar of our agenda is revitalising our social andphysicalinfrastructure.
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