List of modern infrastructure failures

Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise,[1] or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. This entry aggregates articles on and lists of modern infrastructure failures by category (type of infrastructure).

Structural

Electrical and utility

Transportation

Nuclear

Space

Other

  • Engineering failures
  • Collapsed oil platforms

References

  1. Infrastructure, Online Compact Oxford English Dictionary, http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/infrastructure (accessed January 17, 2009)
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