World’s Most Populous Metropolitan Areas: 1) Tokyo, Japan (32.5 million people) 2) Seoul, South Korea (20.55 million) 3) Mexico City, Mexico (20.45 million) 4) New York City, U.S.Cities’ large pools of talented, skilled workers are key drivers of global economic growth, scientific discovery and cultural creativity. The density of cities and human industriousness combine to produce efficient, effective exchanges of knowledge and information that spark new business ideas and break-through innovation. People flock to cities to create and take advantage of unique economic, social and cultural opportunities. The dramatic rise of cities and urban living around the world relates directly to the rapid pace of economic development and improvements in living standards. By 2025, the number of people living in metropolitan areas is forecasted to reach 70 percent of the world’s population. By 2011, more than half the world’s population lived in cities.
The way that cities develop will have profound, long-term, likely irreversible implications for the lives of most of the world’s people and the sustainability of the planet’s limited supply of natural resources.Īs recently as 1800, a mere 3 percent of the global population inhabited urban areas.
Urbanization continues to be a defining trend of international development, particularly in Asia and Africa.
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