FIDIC State of the World report - Building sustainable communities in a post-Covid world

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/Is urbanisation still true? This report has listed several of these below and the sustainable cities concept was created. The sustainable city was intended to include…

There is nothing wrong with the concept of a sustainable city. In fact, cities pose one of the greatest challenges for engineers in terms of sustainability, to give a few examples below: 7. Access is not always easy. 8. Traffic and travel often delayed. 9. Space is limited. 10. Existing infrastructure is already in place which is either not sustainable or in need of replacement. 11. Communities are complex and potentially transient. In many ways, many of the items listed above are aimed at improving sustainability so the concept does hold true, but only to a certain extent and this goes back to the premise of this report and the rationale behind broadening its scope to sustainable communities.

Green items show improving environments and sustainability

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