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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #99 Urbanisation: Infrastructure for Growing Cities
Description: Today the world holds 33 megacities, cities that are home to over 10 million people. As these sprawling urban centres become more crowded than ever before infrastructure is under pressure to do more, last longer and respond faster. In this episode we find out why it is so important to understand exactly what is in the ground beneath our feet and how geophysical data can help us find out. We also visit Istanbul, a megacity that has invested billions in its transport network to support demand from its 15 million inhabitants and find how subsea seismic investigations have ensured that its new b...