Municipal or urban engineering

Municipal or urban engineering applies the tools of science, art and engineering in an urban environment.
Municipal engineering is concerned with <a href="/facts/Municipality/S0bUz6jW">municipal</a> <a href="/facts/Infrastructure/QJvbsSpl">infrastructure</a>. This involves specifying, designing, constructing, and maintaining <a href="/facts/Street/cCpWWXtB">streets</a>, <a href="/facts/Sidewalk/hHLtEJol">sidewalks</a>, <a href="/facts/Water_supply_network/IXMHuvYQ">water supply networks</a>, <a href="/facts/Sanitary_sewer/qMKCIW6M">sewers</a>, <a href="/facts/Street_light/Uuw2oH1y">street lighting</a>, <a href="/facts/Municipal_solid_waste/x1T17ne7">municipal solid waste</a> management and disposal, storage depots for various bulk materials used for maintenance and public works (salt, sand, etc.), <a href="/facts/Urban_park/eXoHebeq">public parks</a> and <a href="/facts/Cycling_infrastructure/zGukC0gj">cycling infrastructure</a>.
In the case of underground <a href="/facts/Public_utility/BzslJKc3">utility</a> networks, it may also include the civil portion (conduits and access chambers) of the local distribution networks of electrical and telecommunications services. It can also include the optimizing of <a href="/facts/Municipal_solid_waste/x1T17ne7">garbage</a> collection and <a href="/facts/Public_transport_bus_service/Aeb2R07U">bus service</a> networks. Some of these disciplines overlap with other <a href="/facts/Civil_engineering/avh5kEq2">civil engineering</a> specialties, however municipal engineering focuses on the coordination of these infrastructure networks and services, as they are often built simultaneously (for a given street or development project), and managed by the same municipal authority.

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Municipal or urban engineering