Infrastructure
is the basic systems and services that are necessary for a country or an organization,
such as Building, Water, Market, Energy/Power and Road and Transportation, all
these are needed to improve a rural environment.
Building
Building is a permanent fixed structure, such as house, factory etc. In
the developed world, the government builds a modern house such as estate,
police stations, schools, civil centre and health centre to improve the
environment of the rural inhabitants. Some assistance are giving by some group
of people who come together as one, including church they join hand in the
development of the rural areas.
Water
Water
serves as food and as well serves as agents of cleaning and cooking to man.
Thus, it is important factor that is consider in settlement location. It serves
as communication means to trade relations and passage of information. Examples
of settlements that are located in water front due to the various services
derived from water include: Escavos, Lokoja (Nigeria), Cobh (Ireland) and
Geneva (Switzerland). It also provides farming activities such as irrigation,
fishing and dam that necessitate farming for food production. Good pipe-borne
water for drinking and cooking make people to be free of cholera disease.
Market
Market
is the one of the dominant activity that employs great volume of labour. Market
is centre of trade and exchange of products, buying and selling take place
there. Rural inhabitants sell their agricultural produce and purchase finished
goods which they could not produce.
Energy/ Power
Power
is the supply of electricity. Electricity attracts human settlements for
industrial, commercial, even recreational establishments. Examples of places
that enjoyed cheap power supply, such as Oji River (Nigeria), Buffalo (USA),
Akosombo (Ghana), these places grow due to power supply. Before the industrial revolution
which took place from the end of the 18th to early 19th
century in Britain. Coal was the main source of power for manufacturing
industries. Today electricity has comes and used as power. Electricity (Refrigerator)
helps in the preservation of perishable, surplus agricultural commodities. The
farmers became happy that their processed food-items are preserved; there is
ready market for their produce.
Road and
Transportation
Good
road is needed so that goods and services can be carrying out easily. Transport
is the most important factor in locating an industry. It attracts people to
come in and move raw materials to the factory and to distribute finished
products to the market and the consumer easily.
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