Kaushik Chakraborty on trends on infrastructure

About this episode

Kaushik Chakraborty discusses the shift in infrastructure work from cities to smaller towns and regions, influenced by the Covid pandemic.

Infrastructure work is going regional – in water, sanitation, roads and bridges – says Kaushik Chakraborty senior vice president, Asia Pacific & Japan with Bentley Systems in this podcast. It’s part of the big global drift out of cities and into towns and smaller cities that was bolstered by Covid. The trend is reversing the previous super trend that had captured demographers for decades. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.a...

People in this episode

Host: Tina Perinotto

Guest: Kaushik Chakraborty

Topics covered

• infrastructure
• regional development
• Covid impact
• urbanization
• water and sanitation
• roads and bridges

Keywords

• infrastructure
• regional trends
• urbanization
• Covid-19
• water
• sanitation
• roads
• bridges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bentley Systems, The Fifth Estate

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