The world's population is growing and Urbanisation is happening faster now than at any time in human history.
In 1950 New York and Tokyo were the only so called megacities .
Cities with more than 10m inhabitants
By 1980 these were joined by Mexico City , Sao paulo and Osaka .
In 2010 there were over 20 megacities spanning almost every continent .
To day there are 32 megacities .
Urbanisation is happening faster than at any time in human history .
Asia accounts for over half of toda'ys megacities .
By 2030 nearly 9 % of the world's population will live in 41 megacities .
But it's in Africa where some of the most rapid urbanisation will take place in the future .
There are a many challenges we will be faced with growing the megacities.
Crime , pollution ,cost of living, etc ...
We look to Tokyo ,world's biggest megacity at the moment 38 million citizens .
That's almost 7 times more that the entire population of Norway .
How will we cope !?
Whether megacities can develop sustainably depends to a large extent on how they
obtain,share, and manage their energy and material resources and energy resources
as well as disrtribution , will be hugely important as we go towards 2030 ...
The world is getting bigger by population and energy needs , we are heading
the tip of " iceberg " almost literally in terms of climate change and global warming ...
Our recourses as we see them are not ever lasting ; unless we do something drastic to improve our dear mother nature .