MEGACITIES
Projects' Presentation
Today, 55% of the global population is urbanized, and by 2030 the U.N. projects that 60% of the global population will be urbanized. In the nearly five years since the world discovered this global demographic shift, the number of megacities -- defined as cities with populations greater than 10 million -- grew from 28 in 2014 to 33 in 2019, more than triple the number in 1990.
Let's take a look at some of megacities.
Tokyo is the biggest urban agglomeration on the planet, gobbling up the neighbouring urban areas of Yokohama, Kawasaki, and Chiba. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan. Urban area: 38,140,000 people. Population density: 4,400 people per square kilometre.
Shanghai has turned into China’s money related and business focus and is positioned as the planet’s biggest city legitimate. It has one of the world’s busiest ports and the world’s most broad transport framework with more than one thousand lines.Shanghai, China. Urban area: 34,000,000 people. Population density: 6,100 people per square kilometre.
Jakarta has been blasting since 2005 in the wake of agony monetary emergencies and calamities like surges and quakes in late decades. Jakarta, Indonesia. Urban area: 31,500,000 people. Population density: 9,500 people per square kilometre.
Delhi is India’s capital and as of late overwhelmed Mumbai as the greatest city by populace measure. It’s a position of striking differentiations. Delhi, India. Urban Area: 24.9 million people. Population density: 12,100 people per square kilometre.
Megacities take a revolutionary look at the places where most of us live - the modern Metropolis. Megacities focus on the single aspect of a city's infrastructure which best informs the life and functions of the place.
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