How Cities Work

Electricity powers the life support systems that keep our cities running. Lights, Trains, communications, even hospitals rely on this invisible force. Without it, our cities stop working and lives are at risk.

Food- it's a city's most important source of energy. With demand for food in the city so high, restaurants and supermarkets must be restocked on a daily basis. Without new supplies, cities will run out of food in a matter of days.

As our metropolises become more crowded, architects, designers and builders face a constant challenge: creating new and modern spaces where every square-inch has already been developed.

People are the lifeblood of cities, its transport links are its veins and arteries. If they're cut off the city will die. It's an endless task demanding brain and brawn to get city dwellers where they need to be, when they need to be there.

Water-without it we'd die, but this most basic human need can be deadly too - get the supply wrong and it can poison us, get too close and it can drown us. With every passing year the challenge of providing water to billions of people becomes harder.