1. Changing Populations

2. Infrastructure The basic facilities and services used by a society
Public water Supplies
Power Plants
Transmission Lines
Roads
Bridges
Schools
Hospitals

3. Infrastructure Rapid Population Growth Baton Rouge After Katrina
Overwhelms Infrastructure
Depletes Resources
Baton Rouge After Katrina
Standards of Living Decline

4. American Society of Civil Engineers
Report Card for America’s Infrastructure

5. Gross Domestic Product
Europe 5%
China 9%
United States
2.4%

6. Drinking Water 53,000 Public water Systems Total Investment Needed
Water Usage
1950
2000
% Change
Population (Millions)
93.4
242
159%
Usage (Billions of Gallons per Day) 14 43
207%
Per Capita Usage (Gallons per Person per Day)
149
179
20%
53,000 Public water Systems
Total Investment Needed
$255,000,000,000
$146,000,000,000 Invested
$109,000,000,000 Shortfall

7. Drinking Water
Grade D

8. Dams Total Investment Needed $12,500,000,000 $5,000,000,000 Invested
$7,500,000,000 Shortfall

9. Dams
Grade D

10. Bridges 26% Structurally Deficient or Obsolete 50 year Lifespan
150,000+ SD or O
50 year Lifespan
Ave. Age: 43 Years
Total Investment Needed
$930,000,000,000
$380,000,000,000 Invested
$550,000,000,000 Shortfall

11. Bridges
Grade C

12. How are we doing with everything else?
Aviation – D
Energy – D+
Hazardous Waste – D
Levees – D-
Schools – D
Waste Water – D-
How far behind are we?
$2,200,000,000,000

13. Standard of Living
The level of material comfort enjoyed by a person, group or society
Our high standard of living is dependant on a modern and working infrastructure.

14. Three factors that affect Standard of Living
Fuel
Darfur
Western Sudan (northern Africa)
Janjaweed
Work for government
300,000 Killed
1,000,000 Refugees
Fuel for cooking
Women must travel miles from camp
Raped and murdered by Janjaweed

15. Three factors that affect Standard of Living
Water
1,000,000,000 people lack access to safe drinking water
2,600,000,000 people lack access to basic sanitation
1,800,000 people die from diarrheal disease
Most are children

16. Three factors that affect Standard of Living
Land
Arable Land – Land which can be used to grow crops
More people = More competition
Food comes from further away
Urbanization – The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas
Stress on infrastructure

17. 4th World Countries Least Developed Nations Low Income
Less than $750 per capita annual

18. 4th World Countries Least Developed Nations Low Income
Weak Human asset Index
Nutrition
Health
Adult Literacy
Education

19. 4th World Countries Least Developed Nations Low Income
Weak Human asset Index
Economic Vulnerability Index
Unstable Agricultural Production
Weak Exports
Little or No Manufacturing
Displacement by War or Natural Disasters

20. 4th World Countries Least Developed Nations Low Income
Weak Human asset Index
Economic Vulnerability Index