BUSS1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Parag Khanna, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Gross Margin
5 Jun 2018
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Link megatrends and wicked problems to urbanization
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Understand the complexities of modern cities and mega-cities
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Explore new ideas to solve the challenges of urbanized cities
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Background:
Process which more and more people leave the countryside to live in cities
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Migration from rural areas to cities
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What is urbanisation:
Cities
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Metropolitan area
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Vast shanty towns housing millions of urban dwellers (Brazil's Favela)
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Urban areas can include:
Different countries define urban areas differently:
Cities and Sizes (United Nations estimates):
Why, Where and Speed of Urbanisation:
Education and training opportunities
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Employment opportunities
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EOS result in better infrastructure in urban settings
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Better health and social services
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Why urbanize:
Lecture 9 - Rapid Urbanisation
Thursday, 3 May 2018
7:47 PM
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Better health and social services
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Lower poverty levels in urban settings
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Sanitation levels in urban areas are initially lower than rural areas
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Higher mortality in urban areas
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Urban population sustained by rural to urban migration
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Health care and sanitation improves in urban areas
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Mortality rates decline in urban areas
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Urban populations expands due to the combined effects of lower mortality rate coupled with
the rural to urban migration
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Process of Urbanisation (demographers viewpoint):
Population in urban areas continue to increase
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Majority of the world's population live in urban areas:
Most areas besides Africa show decline in rural areas
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Megatrends shows the migration of people from rural to urban areas is accelerating
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Asian should see extreme reductions in rural populations
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Global urban/rural population:
Effects of urbanisation:
Impacts of rapid urbanisation megatrends:
Urbanisation creates huge opportunities for smart, eco - cities
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The growth in urban population generates tremendous demands on
infrastructure and the environment –New York, Beijing, Shanghai and London will
need $8 trillion in infrastructure investments alone over the next decade
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Infrastructure
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More demand for the provision of services and job creation
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Demand resources
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Demographic changes, with ageing population, will cause over 100 of the world’s
top cities will shrink over the next 10 years
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Ageing
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As cities continue to grow so does consumption of the world’s natural resources –
currently three quarters are being consumed by cities
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Resources
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Challenges include:
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Effects of rapid urbanisation:
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Document Summary
Understand the complexities of modern cities and mega-cities. Explore new ideas to solve the challenges of urbanized cities. Process which more and more people leave the countryside to live in cities. Vast shanty towns housing millions of urban dwellers (brazil"s favela) Eos result in better infrastructure in urban settings. Sanitation levels in urban areas are initially lower than rural areas. Urban population sustained by rural to urban migration. Health care and sanitation improves in urban areas. Urban populations expands due to the combined effects of lower mortality rate coupled with the rural to urban migration. Majority of the world"s population live in urban areas: Most areas besides africa show decline in rural areas. Megatrends shows the migration of people from rural to urban areas is accelerating. Asian should see extreme reductions in rural populations. Urbanisation creates huge opportunities for smart, eco - cities.
