Soft Infrastructure
Soft Infrastructure
Soft infrastructure refers to everything that is needed to maintain the economic, health, and cultural and social standards of a country. These include things such as the systems of government, the education system, the health care system, the financial system, emergency services and law enforcement.
Governance
- The system of government and law enforcement
- Political
- Legislative
- Law enforcement
- Justice
- Penal systems
VOTING IN AN ELECTION (ISSUES 25, 26 & 33)
- Emergency services
- Police
- Fire
- Ambulances
- Coast Guard
- RNLI
- Military
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Intelligence
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Economic
- Financial system
- Banking
- Financial institutions
- Payment system
- Exchanges
- Money supply
- Financial regulations
- Accounting standards
URBAN AND RURAL LIVING (SEE ISSUE 16)
- Major business logistics facilities and systems
- Warehousing
- Shipping management systems
- Manufacturing
- Industrial parks
- Special economic zones
- Mines
- Processing plants for basic materials used as inputs in industry
- Specialised energy
- Transportation
- Water
- Planning/Zoning
- Safety standards
- Environmental regulations
Retail
- High street
- Out of town
- Online
HIGH STREET CARDIFF (SHOPPING ISSUE 19)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Food and livestock:
- Transportation
- Storage facilities
- Agriculture price support systems (Common Agricultural Policy)
- Animal health standards
- Food inspection
- Agricultural research
SHEEP FARMING NEAR ABERYSTWYTH (SEE ISSUE 22)
Health Care
- Hospitals
- Health centres/GP services
- Pharmacies
- Health care finance
- Health insurance
- Regulation
- Testing of medications and medical procedures
- Medical training
- Inspection
- Professional standards
- Public health:
- Monitoring
- Regulations
- Health emergencies such as epidemics
Education and Research
- Primary Schools
- Secondary Schools
- Colleges
- Universities
- Research institutions
- Education finance
- Examinations
- Accreditation of qualifications
- Inspection
Culture, Sports and Recreation
- Sports Facilities
- Parks
- Leisure Centres
- Clubs
- Leagues
- Governing bodies/Associations
- Cultural
- Language Centres & Events
- Concert Halls
- Museums
- Libraries
- Theatres
- Cinemas
LLANGRANNOG HOME TO WELSH LANGUAGE CENTRE (SEE ISSUE 4)
- Travel and Tourism
- Man-made attractions
- Natural attractions
- Convention centres
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Amusement parks
- Tourist Information
- Travel Insurance
- Tourism Promotion
TOURISM IN WALES (SEE ISSUE 4)
Student activity
Use the A3 activity sheet to help you think about what you would do if you were in charge of your home region in Wales.
- Use a local map either an OS Map or a GIS map such as Google Earth on Satellite View. Firstly annotate your map using a colour code for the different aspects of infrastructure that are present in your region.
- Next, identify very important (critical) parts of infrastructure that are missing. Use your local knowledge to help you to do this. Construct a list in rank order with the most important at the top.
- Continue with the A3 sheet to help to build up a picture of the infrastructure that will be necessary for Wales to build its economy so that more people are earning more money and standards of living can improve.
In the next edition we will complete a DME (Decision Making Exercise) by looking at proposed infrastructure projects in Wales and why they are important or possibly why they may benefit some but not all of the people of Wales.
