The term infrastructure derives from Latin roots, with lexical components such as the prefix "infra" which means "underneath", in addition to the word "structure" which refers to the parts or skeleton that supports a building and which comes from the Latin "structūra". In general or social terms, infrastructure can be defined as the base or foundation that sustains, supports or sustains an organization. Therefore the dictionary of the real Spanish academy exposes the word as that group of elements or services that are necessary or considered necessary for the invention or production and operation of a given organization; here we speak, for example, of an economic, air, and social infrastructure among others. Another possible meaning of the word according to this dictionaryIt is used to describe a part of a certain construction that is below ground level.
And to all these derives the urban infrastructure that is that work or work carried out by people, which is generally directed by professionals in the field of architecture, civil engineering or urban planners, which functions as a support for the development of certain activities, with a necessary functioning for the correct organization of a certain city. In other words, infrastructure in cities are those pieces or components that enable a society to live in a dignified, decent and appropriate way, it is spoken of, communication service, electricity service, garbage and waste collection, drinking water, a correct system of sewers, public buildings such as hospitals, schools among others.
According to the German philosopher, intellectual and communist militant of Jewish origin Karl Marx, infrastructure is the material basis of society that determines social structure, development and social change.
