Mega Cities

Small is Beautiful (and Necessary)

Building sizes have been creeping upward for centuries, but green building expert Jason McLennan argues that smaller structures are better, more beautiful, and ecologically inevitable.
29 March 2011 - 12:00pm
Yes!

Tracking Growth in World Cities

Mega-cities of 10 million people or more are getting a lot of attention these days. But smaller big cities are really where interesting and potentially hazardous growth patterns are occurring, according to this piece.
14 February 2011 - 9:00am
Citiwire

The Mega-Problem for Mega-Cities: Management

Neither technology nor infrastructure shows any limit for how big or how fast cities can grow and more megacities are on the horizon, according to this piece from Richard Dobbs and Jaana Remes.
6 February 2011 - 5:00am
What Matters

Understanding Mega-Cities

A new book explores the disconnect between how a "mega-city" region is portrayed through statistics, demographics, etc., and how it is perceived by the public.
11 March 2010 - 6:00am
re:place Magazine

The Mega Capital of the World

China is rapidly becoming home to more and more mega-cities, and there's little sign of it slowing down.
7 August 2008 - 5:00am
The Washington Post
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