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This 5 page paper is chock full of statistics and facts about several municipalities in Cook County. The paper argues that to an extent, funding is not as plentiful after 9/11 as it was prior to the event. Cook County's experience is used as an example and compared to the whole state of Illinois as well as the entire nation.
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not updating the dams that would eventually break and cause catastrophic flooding. First, what is the meaning of the concept of infrastructure exactly? Seely (1993) claims that the concept originally
referred to permanent facilities such as dry docks and airstrips but economists have over the years extended the term to denote public works. W. W. Rostow referred to "social
overhead capital" which seems to be what is now known to the populous as infrastructure (Seely, 1993). Since that time, the meaning of the term has expanded and is
applicable to close to all support systems in society today (Seely, 1993). For all intents and purposes, the term will be used to denote things relevant to public works. According
to a student, municipalities around the nation have struggled with maintaining the infrastructure under normal circumstances, but the problems have been exacerbated by the September 11th terrorist attacks. The tasks
of maintaining the water supply, in addition to sewer and road systems is daunting and now municipalities are faced with the prospects of securing funding without the benefit of traditional
funding mechanisms. How do small towns improve the infrastructure in the present environment? In focusing on this subject, Cook County in Illinois will be used as an example, but
is by no means the only county that is affected by the current atmosphere. However, in finding solutions for Cook County it is perhaps plausible that these insights will help
in evaluating other municipalities as well. First, it pays to note that Cook County is rather large and contains more than two hundred communities and localities and they are diverse
("Illinois Municipality," 2005). Some key communities in the County are Lyons, Riverside, LaGrange, Countryside, and Westchester and so these will be used as examples when honing in on solutions
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