The world's population is growing and Urbanisation is happening faster now than at any time in human history

The world's population is growing and Urbanisation is happening faster now than at any time in human history.

In 1950 New York and Tokyo were the only so called megacities .

Cities with more than 10m inhabitants 

By 1980 these were joined by Mexico City , Sao paulo and Osaka .

In 2010 there were over 20 megacities spanning almost every continent .

To day there are 32 megacities .

Urbanisation is happening faster than at any time in human history .

Asia accounts for over half of toda'ys megacities .

By 2030 nearly 9 % of the world's population will live in 41 megacities .

But it's in Africa where some of the most rapid urbanisation will take  place in the future .

There are a many challenges we will be faced with growing the megacities.

Crime , pollution ,cost of living, etc ...

We look to Tokyo ,world's biggest megacity at the moment 38 million citizens .

That's almost 7 times more that the entire population of Norway .

How will we cope !?

Whether megacities can develop sustainably depends to a large extent on how they 

obtain,share, and manage their energy and material resources and energy resources 

as well as disrtribution , will be hugely important as we go towards 2030 ...

The world is getting bigger by population and energy needs , we are heading 

the tip of  " iceberg " almost literally in terms of climate change and global warming ...

Our recourses as we see them are not ever lasting ; unless we do something drastic  to improve our dear mother nature .