The major rapid growth of different populations in our megacities comes at the wrong time. Global population growth is currently in the process from all the poorest parts of countries. Especially when it comes to destinations such as Africa and India. Clearly, India is a growing population with even increasing education levels, which is likely to put India as a power player in the future. According to the different UN Projections, India’s urban population will increase by nearly 250 million in close to 20 years.
However India has its troubles as well when it comes to making sure their people are safe, and taken care of. For example, when it comes to the cause of Mumbai’s village’s; these economies are desperately in need of some assistance when it comes to the crowdedness. Most of its population growth has mostly been driven by the different people that travel in and out of the city. This should be understood, and looked at heavily if we want to maintain the idea of India being a mega city that can sustain its demographic scope, we need to address the new challenges these …show more content…
Growth is usually seen in the most prosperous regions of the world, with cities like Tokyo and Osaka. According to a 2014 report by the U.N Tokyo is the world’s largest city with a population of 38 million inhabitants. That is big enough to fit the entire population of California. Surprisingly, Tokyo has been tracking slow growth in recent times. Nagoya a city in Japan grew about 6 percent in recent years, and Tokyo has only seen a 7 percent growth in recent years. The UN stated in a report last year that 54% of the worlds population now live in different urban areas, and this number is expected to have a proportional increase to 66% by 2050. This evidence is profound in fact, it shows the true historic leaps that megacities can have on the world population in the near
However India has its troubles as well when it comes to making sure their people are safe, and taken care of. For example, when it comes to the cause of Mumbai’s village’s; these economies are desperately in need of some assistance when it comes to the crowdedness. Most of its population growth has mostly been driven by the different people that travel in and out of the city. This should be understood, and looked at heavily if we want to maintain the idea of India being a mega city that can sustain its demographic scope, we need to address the new challenges these …show more content…
Growth is usually seen in the most prosperous regions of the world, with cities like Tokyo and Osaka. According to a 2014 report by the U.N Tokyo is the world’s largest city with a population of 38 million inhabitants. That is big enough to fit the entire population of California. Surprisingly, Tokyo has been tracking slow growth in recent times. Nagoya a city in Japan grew about 6 percent in recent years, and Tokyo has only seen a 7 percent growth in recent years. The UN stated in a report last year that 54% of the worlds population now live in different urban areas, and this number is expected to have a proportional increase to 66% by 2050. This evidence is profound in fact, it shows the true historic leaps that megacities can have on the world population in the near