Exploring opportunities for sustainable city-region design

Asia has experienced rapid economic growth and uneven urbanization in the last decades, and these trends will likely continue in the future. This has resulted in the emergence of megacities, particularly in developing countries. Of the 300 cities with a population of over 1 million people, around half are located in Asia, and of the 25 largest cities in the world, i.e. megacities, 14 are in Asia. In order to achieve a sustainable Asia we need to tackle three major megacity problems: urban population explosion, per capita resource consumption increase and higher environmental impact per resource use.

Related Subject(s): Développement économique et social