Surprising Cities by Keith Griffiths

Aedas Chairman Keith Griffiths speaks at TEDx, Shanghai on the future of cities.

March 30th, 2016

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Aedas Chairman Keith Griffiths was recently invited to give a talk at TEDx Shanghai, in which he put forth the argument that our cities are having a hard time adapting to our new demands for flexibility, variety and convenience. Griffiths predicts that the future cities will consist of high-density city hubs that are built around the CBDs, over subway interchanges and major road intersections.

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