Editing Infrastructure (section)

===Civil defense and economic development===
{{see also|Civil defense by country}}
[[Civil defense]] planners and [[Development economics|developmental economists]] generally refer to both hard and soft infrastructure, including [[public services]] such as schools and [[hospitals]], [[emergency services]] such as police and fire fighting, and basic services in the [[economic sector]]. The notion of [[infrastructure-based development]] combining long-term infrastructure investments by government agencies at central and regional levels with [[public private partnership]]s has proven popular among economists in Asia (notably Singapore and China), mainland Europe, and Latin America.