Why infrastructure is the bedrock of society

Natural disasters can destroy entire civilizations and climate change will only amplify their effects

…But the risks of that infrastructure breaking down and the scale of the consequences are growing, due to random and non-random sources such as climate change, potential over-dependence on high-technology infrastructure, and increasing urbanisation – in both the developing and developed worlds.
The demand for effective infrastructure services is immense. And we know that when infrastructure fails, things simply go wrong. We saw it when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. A few simple civil structures – flood levees – failed. Eight hours later, the social cohesion of a city in the world

We saw it with 2004