Resilient Infrastructure

Eco-City is designed as a show piece to the world. Providing small nations, societies and communities with the essential resilient infrastructure that is the very key to human beings’ survival. Infrastructure, to deliver clean water, nutrients and to treat waste, fit for human health. Electricity to power essentials and conveniences, which benefits human lifestyles. Transportation and Communications networks to facilitate human interaction. And Buildings Renovation to shelter the human experience. The closest design is presently the cruise ship design, missing only, agricultural growth, processing and manufacturing production to produce food and medicine to adequately nourish and supply the population needs and wants.

Economic Drivers, with Long-Term sustainability and impact, are essential and must be part and parcel of this fast-changing infrastructure. For example, transforming traditional Agriculture ‘An Economic Driver’ to manage climate change, earn strong foreign exchange and feed a nation via vertical agriculture production. Additional Economic Drivers; based on the manufacturing of Infrastructure Pod construction, the building of Mobile Homes and all levels of Education and Healthcare personnel training, targeting export markets, will boost Job Creation. While, adjusting Failing Banks into a New Bank model; an online portal with cash dispensing machines, to separate out short and long-term investments.

Traditional forms of Long-Term Investments, from Insurance Companies and Pension funds, are under direct threat as basic societal Infrastructure is redesigned. The infrastructure dams and storage facilities have been redesigned into home storage units. Power generating fuel driven plants have been replaced by renewable, solar and wind energy driven operations and home located devises. Transportation and Communications networks have been redesigned into smaller cell type operations. While, building pods and mobile homes (Island Homes) are the trending designs in the construction industry. All reducing the risks of natural or man-made negative impact and damage to human life and limp, and property losses.

Government financing for Infrastructure Projects, through Government backed Guarantees, has slowly been discouraged and discontinued, worldwide, due to numerous failures by primary borrowers and state enterprises, to meet their obligations and commitments, hence increasing nations’ public debt. Crystallized Guarantees and Letters of Credits have in numerous nations surpass 30% of the public sector debt, restraining further national borrowings. Therefore, International Financing agencies, such as the World Bank, which would fund such resilient Infrastructure Development programs, are restricted by the nation’s Debt to GDP ratio. But for island nations the need is extremely urgent, and in many cases, way past due.

The call is now for redesign financing products that would provide the much-required long-term funding and insurance coverage of such resilient eco-city infrastructure, as one structural unit, designed to withstand natural or man-made destructive elements and attempts. Similar to the financing of cruise ship design and construction, the private sector must play a major role in securing the short and medium term funding. Build, Operate, Lease and Transfer (BOLT) or Private Public Partnerships (PPP) would need to be supported by Long-Term operating, funding solutions backed by insurance and pension plans. Eco-socioeconomic nations which must exploit new Economic Drivers SYNERGIES to meet its highly needed Revenue Earnings projections.

More: https://caribbeanbusinessintelligence.blogspot.com/p/i-home-prepare-for-climate-change.html
https://caribbeanbusinessintelligence.blogspot.com/2019/10/renovation.html
https://www.avivainvestors.com/en-gb/views/aiq-investment-thinking/2019/10/connections-and-communities-real-assets-and-connected-thinking/

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T.A.J & Associates Company Limited uses this occasion to comment on topics that have been covered, both academically and by the mainstream media, to add its opinion and point out investment opportunity, not to invoke any social action.