Industrialization at the turn of the 20th century proved pivotal for rapid population growth across the globe. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum. As world leaders meet at COP26, we asked five young people how they would address the multi-faceted nature of the climate crisis. Here are their answers. The Global Shapers Community, born out of the World Economic Forum, seeks to connect young people younger than 30 to become drivers of change and action.
I accept. Global Agenda Youth Perspectives Cities and Urbanization Watch the world's greatest cities rise and fall over the past 4, years. Modernizing cities driven by the industrial revolution and its demographic transition , most of them in Europe.
Many of these cities were of small size prior to the industrial revolution, which permitted the realization of their economic potential and specialization. Figure 2: Distribution of the world's largest cities by year and region, From these figures, different narratives emerge on what has influenced the cities and urban systems we see today. The figures also reflect political change — decolonisation removing the controls on free movement to urban areas in many nations in Africa and Asia helped underpin rapid growth in many of their largest cities.
This dropped to three in and two in It rose to 12 in and is projected to reach 19 in But it has seen peaks and troughs: 64 in dropping to 22 in and rising again to 58 in The growing proportion of the largest cities from reflects economic success in many Asian nations. But this proportion is projected to fall to 54 by , largely because some very large sub-Saharan African cities with more rapid rates of natural increase will displace very large Chinese cities.
By , it had more than a fifth of the largest cities and it maintains its share in and into Figure 3. This reflects the impact of the industrial revolution on the scale and scope of large city growth in the region.
All these cities have more than 13 million inhabitants. In , Northern America had none of the world's largest cities.
It had six in , rising to 20 in before dropping to 11 in and 10 for projections. Of these, only Chicago made the list in The rise of China is an obvious one to consider. As China continues to increase its economic might and influence, its languages will proliferate as well. At the same time, 26 African countries are projected to double their current size , many of which speak French as a first language. Could French provide a certain je ne sais quoi that no other world language can quite replace?
This post was first published in We have since updated it, adding in new content for Connect with us. The 1 Million Mark For the first minute of animation—and up until the late 18th century—not a single city was able to eclipse the 1 million person mark.
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