Why city residents should have a say in what their cities look like
Long viewed as a hindrance to planning public works, old-fashioned public consultation can provide insights just as valuable as anything big data can offer.
AECOM is a leading infrastructure firm, delivering professional services across the project life cycle – from planning, design and engineering to consulting and construction management. We partner with our clients in the public and private sectors to solve their most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, governments, energy and the environment, its teams are driven by a common purpose: to deliver a better world. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm with revenue of approximately $20.2 billion during fiscal year 2019.
Long viewed as a hindrance to planning public works, old-fashioned public consultation can provide insights just as valuable as anything big data can offer.
Countries in the region have some of the highest levels of urbanization globally but one of the lowest levels of digitization, as well as very low levels of technology adoption rates comp...
Cities must rewrite the rules to create the kind of infrastructure citizens need – using whatever means possible, from private partnerships to localized taxation.