Burdett, Ricky (2014) Quick study: Ricky Burdett on changing cities: man v city. Prospero Blog (The Economist) (30 Sep 2014) Blog Entry.
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Are cities getting bigger? At the moment 54% of the world’s population live in cities. By 2050 it could be 75%. Five generations ago, in 1900, that figure was 10%. Not only have cities become bigger, the speed at which cities are growing is something we’ve never experienced before. In Lagos, Mumbai and Dhaka, for example, there are roughly 35-45 people per hour being born or moving into those cities. That's over 300,000 a year. The impact of that is enormous—sewers, lighting, electricity provision, housing, hospitals. These urgent issues are not necessarily addressed by the cities that are growing the most.
| Item Type: | Website (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Economist Newspaper Limited |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Sets: | Departments > Sociology Research centres and groups > LSE Cities (Cities Programme) |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2015 16:02 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/60791/ |
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