Broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government
For the 2015 Dutch film, see Public Works (film).
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A US government poster from 1940 summarizing the Works Progress Administration's achievements
Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and procured by a government body for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community. They include public buildings (municipal buildings, schools, and hospitals), transport infrastructure (roads, railroads, bridges, pipelines, canals, ports, and airports), public spaces (public squares, parks, and beaches), public services (water supply and treatment, sewage treatment, electrical grid, and dams), and other, usually long-term, physical assets and facilities. Though often interchangeable with public infrastructure and public capital, public works does not necessarily carry an economic component, thereby being a broader term. Construction may be undertaken either by directly employed labour or by a private operator.
Public works has been encouraged since antiquity. The Roman emperor Nero encouraged the construction of various infrastructure projects during widespread deflation.[1]
^Thornton, Mary Elizabeth Kelly (1971). "Nero's New Deal". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 102. The Johns Hopkins University Press: 629. doi:10.2307/2935958. JSTOR 2935958.
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