Annual Report 2008 - (Page 31) Sustaining Infrastructure SUSTAINING OUR SOCIETY Infrastructure is absolutely vital to all economic and social activities. Sustaining our society involves these functions of infrastructure: • Meeting fundamental human needs by providing, for example, clean drinking water and sanitation, shelter, and access by way of roads and bridges to health, education, occupations, and other key services; • Improving quality of life by enabling commerce, mobility, energy, and communications; • Improving safety and security to protect against, and recover from, unexpected events or pressures — natural and man-made — that threaten life or property. 32
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