Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas. In 2007, for the first time in history, the global urban population exceeded the global rural population, and the world population has remained predominantly urban thereafter (figure 2). The planet has gone through a process of rapid urbanization over the past six decades. In 1950, more than two- thirds (70 per cent) of people worldwide lived in rural settlements and less than one-third (30 per cent) in urban settlements. In 2014, 54 per cent of the world’s population is urban. The urban population is expected to continue to grow, so that by 2050, the world will be one- third rural (34 per cent) and two-thirds urban (66 per cent), roughly the reverse of the global rural-urban population distribution of the mid-twentieth century (also see Annex Table I).
The most significant driving force creating rapid change in our cities is Rural urban mIgraTion, increasing life expectancy and improvements in universal health care.
the fine line between a successful city or dYsfunctional urban metropolis.
The most obvious difference between World Cities and Megacities is in their location; generally speaking World Cities, such as the “big four” which consists of London, Paris, New York and Tokyo, are located in the developed world, more specifically in the northern hemisphere in the “world zones” of Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region; in contrast, Megacities like Jakarta, Mumbai and Karachi are typically located in the developing world, generally in areas like Asia, the Middle East and Africa (in what were once referred to as “third-world” countries.
There are 30 Megacities worldwide – a number expected to rise with the world population. This is due to the projected rural-urban migration that has so far resulted in 51% of the world’s population living in urban areas. With a third of this number living in slums – some one billion people – it is easy to see why the “culture” of Megacities can be grouped together so generally. For example, urban planners, social scientists and governments have generalised all Megacities in concern of them becoming diseconomies of scale which has come about as the result of predictions that, by 2050, three billion people will be living in slums.
There are 30 Megacities worldwide – a number expected to rise with the world population. This is due to the projected rural-urban migration that has so far resulted in 51% of the world’s population living in urban areas. With a third of this number living in slums – some one billion people – it is easy to see why the “culture” of Megacities can be grouped together so generally. For example, urban planners, social scientists and governments have generalised all Megacities in concern of them becoming diseconomies of scale which has come about as the result of predictions that, by 2050, three billion people will be living in slums.
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