in infrastructure and housing to accommodate regional population shifts , highlighting the need for urban sustainability .
Construction and the built environment deliver a huge amount of waste to the world — therefore choices made about how cities are built , inhabited and maintained will have long-term global impact on the environment . This is one of the reasons why many city governments are working on smart city initiatives .
Digital technologies can help governments become resilient to the effects of climate change and contribute to economic growth . Compact cities , with well-designed services and infrastructure , reduce the cost of energy provision , transport , and other services that businesses need . This , in turn , increases productivity and efficiency , and encourages private investment for economic growth .
Disruption has become the new normal . As imagination becomes innovation , we need efforts from industry stakeholders , professional bodies and government agencies to drive the much-needed collaboration between architects , quantity surveyors , builders and engineers . We need to work together across the various sectors to drive change and create the future we want .
Puleng Roestoff Director Step Change Trading
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