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Of the world's six billion people, more than 50% live in cities and towns.
In 1975, only 38% of the world's population lived in cities; by 1998, the rate had grown to 47%.
In 1975, only 100 cities topped one million in population; by 2015, 527 cities will exceed that mark.
More critically, while there were only two "mega cities" with populations over 10 million in 1960, and 18 now, some 26 will exist in 2015.
Mega cities put demands on regional economies, peacemaking efforts, and economic and human development.
Twenty-one of the mega cities estimated for year 2015 will be in developing and less developed countries, while 80% of the global cities that play host to decision-making actors are in the northern hemisphere.
The result has been a widening gap between rich and poor, together with a commensurate rise in the type of urban poverty that so bedevils cities like Rio de Janeiro.
Eventually, the southern hemisphere's more dramatic urban problems will spill over into mass migration to northern cities.
The main innovations were based on the perception that urban development is a collective task in which local government should orient and induce private investments to achieve more livable cities.
Many of these innovations, I believe, can be reproduced in other large cities as well.
Although North Korea has doggedly stood behind its outmoded model of state control and central planning, Kim’s visits to the boom cities of Dalian and Tianjin reflect his tentative but ongoing interest in alternative ways to achieve “strength and prosperity” for his country.
But in the Kurdish-controlled areas of the north and Shiite-dominated provinces in the south, levels of crime and deadly violence compare favorably with those in many cities in the United States.
Tens of thousands have fled from mixed Sunni-Shiite cities to safer havens in ethnically homogenous enclaves that are effectively controlled by Sunni and Shiite militias.
Worldwide, around 40% of cities’ source watersheds show high to moderate levels of degradation.
Can we show that ecological restoration of the watershed could do more than just insecticides or mosquito nets to support efforts to reduce malaria (and dengue) in cities?
The whole point of firing rockets at Israeli cities is to inflict civilian casualties, and the fact that the rockets have largely failed to do so is due to their inaccuracy, Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile-defense system, and perhaps some good luck.
Much innovation occurs at the local level, as major cities develop links with industry to reduce local emissions.
But after the disasters of the last two decades, including the military debacle in Afghanistan and the ruinous barbarity of the Chechen war which has blown back its violence into Russia's cities, ordinary Russians are less enamored of military might.
Decision Time for the Global EconomyMILAN – In the dog days of summer, Milan is quieter than many European cities.
It depends on whether a people let their cities and towns become marred by a banal universal architecture devoid of creativity and imagination.
For example, greens advocate free municipal transport in major cities.
For the first time, the majority of Indians will be living in cities – a significant transformation for a country whose rural population currently constitutes two-thirds of the total.
In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined that Delhi has the world’s worst air quality (based on concentration of fine particulate matter), with Indian cities occupying the top four spots and 13 of the top 18.
In new cities across the country, urban plans already take into account such concerns, with riparian greenways and urban nature reserves complementing infrastructure projects that have environmental benefits (for example, extensive mass-transit networks).
By contrast, India’s cities have grown haphazardly, with little consideration of the functioning of urban systems as a whole.
It would also provide a roadmap for improving the quality of life in India’s cities, benefiting local residents both directly and indirectly (by inducing foreign investment).
Had he failed to win in the capital and the country’s principal cities, he would have had to recognize the failure of his authoritarian political model, which has also had no success in reducing poverty.
Over the past decade, tens of millions of people across Africa have joined the middle class; our cities are expanding rapidly; and our population is the most youthful in the world.
Living on a VolcanoAs I write this, violent clashes with the police have been going on for nearly two weeks in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities, with cars being set on fire at a rate of nearly 1,000 per night.
The main risk now is that events in the suburbs of large French cities will serve as an example to other young people, whether in the less urban areas of France or in other European countries, who feel socially excluded and are, perhaps, just as prone to violent outbursts.
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