As the world is expected to gain 2.2 billion new urban residents by 2050, emerging
technologies will dramatically transform the way growing populations live, work and commute in urban areas. What will this mean for the future of urban engineering?
Transport engineering expert, Associate Professor Taha Rashidi, and geotechnical engineering expert, Dr Asal Bidarmaghz look up to the skies and discuss the feasibility of flying cars and drones as a form of transport, as well as looking down by making the case for increased infrastructure to be built underground.
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