Abstract
Cities could not exist without infrastructure. Infrastructure provides a competitive advantage for those cities that have high quality facilities and high quality environments made possible by infrastructure. While the benefits of infrastructure are well known, the condition of infrastructure has been deteriorating for decades, precipitating crises and calls for action. This condition has been a long time in the making, due to structural reasons outlined herein. In addition, the complexity, cost and other factors have put politics and finance at the fore regarding infrastructure. As a consequence, planners have less of a purchase on infrastructure policy and strategy than in the past. Can planners recover their protagonism? What are key ideas that enable the urban planning profession to be at the forefront once again?
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