29 December 2010

Rise of the Megacities ~ Spotlighting Dhaka...

Check out the first of GlobalPost's five-part series on urbanization by Erik German and Solana Pyne, Dhaka: fastest growing megacity in the world, spotlighting Bangladesh's capital city...
"The World Bank says Dhaka, with its current population of 15 million people, bears the distinction of being the fastest-growing in the world. Between 1990 and 2005, the city doubled in size -- from 6 to 12 million. By 2025, the U.N. predicts Dhaka will be home to more than 20 million people -- larger than Mexico City, Beijing or Shanghai. Mass migration, booming populations and globalized trade are swelling cities worldwide, but these forces are perhaps more powerfully concentrated in Dhaka than anywhere on earth -- offering a unique window on an urban planet soon to come. “You are seeing the early future of the world..."

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