by Vance Tan | Apr 2, 2019
Infrastructure systems form the backbone of every society, providing essential services that include energy, water, waste management, transport and telecommunications. Infrastructure can also create harmful social and environmental impacts, increase vulnerability to...
by Vance Tan | Mar 7, 2019
The occupied Palestinian territories of West Bank and Gaza Strip are currently experiencing many challenges in the provision of infrastructure services for their inhabitants. This includes an under supply of infrastructure services across multiple sectors – an issue...
by Vance Tan | Feb 19, 2019
Rural accessibility is the only metric used in the Sustainable Development Goals to track progress toward better transport services in low- and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the rural accessibility index, defined as the proportion of the rural...
by Vance Tan | Nov 7, 2018
National infrastructure systems spanning energy, transport, digital, waste, and water are well recognised as complex and interdependent. While some policy makers have been keen to adopt the narrative of complexity, the application of complexity-based methods in public...
by Vance Tan | Oct 26, 2018
A new Oxford University-UNOPS report stresses infrastructure as key to unlocking Sustainable Development Goals. A new report published by the University of Oxford-led Infrastructure Transition Research Consortium (ITRC) and UNOPS, has found that efficient...
