The term came to prominence in the United States in the 1980s following the publication of ''America in Ruins''ISBN 0822305542 (Choate and Walter, 1981)[1] , which initiated a [[public]]-policy [[discussion]] of the nation’s "infrastructure [[crisis]]", purported to be caused by decades of inadequate investment and poor maintenance of public works. | The term came to prominence in the United States in the 1980s following the publication of ''America in Ruins''ISBN 0822305542 (Choate and Walter, 1981)[1] , which initiated a [[public]]-policy [[discussion]] of the nation’s "infrastructure [[crisis]]", purported to be caused by decades of inadequate investment and poor maintenance of public works. |