1. Modern Urbanization
South Asia-low in urbanization, despite huge cities like Mumbai and Calcutta
Most nations in South Asia are under 30% urban
India-26%
Pakistan-28%
Bangladesh-16%
Subsistence farming
dominates life here
Calcutta street scene

2. Modern Urbanization
Southeast Asia- Singapore is the only 100% urban state
Brunei & Malaysia are the only other nations with over 50% urban
Indonesia-31%
Myanmar-25%
Vietnam-20%
Thailand-19%
Subsistence farming
dominates life here
Indonesian rice paddies on terraces on the island of Bali

3. Modern Urbanization East Asia- Averages 36%
Only Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are highly urbanized in
East Asia
China below-25%
Yet Shanghai & Beijing
Have 25 million between
Them, however most of
China’s 1.2 m. are rural
Hong Kong street scene

4. Great Cities
North America-several megalopolitan regions:Boston- Washington, DC
Chicago-Detroit-Pittsburgh
San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego
Montreal-Toronto-Windsor
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
Europe:
London-20 m. in Metro area
Germany-Ruhr, Rhine zone of Dusseldorf-Essen & Cologne
Poland-Saxony & Silesia
Also Moscow, St. Petersburg & Madrid-not yet multi cities, but growing

7. Great Cities Asia-Tokyo-Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Mega Cities:
UN says by 2025 at least 15 cities will be over 20 million
Many of the world’s most populous cities are found in the poorest nations-Mexico City, Shanghai, Calcutta, Mumbai & Cairo
Close are Bangkok, Thailand; Lima-Callao, Peru; Saigon-Cholon, Vietnam
Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Shanghai will have over 30 million by 2025

9. Urban Problems Zoning laws are lacking in many poor countries
Squatters occupy any open space on the outskirts of the city
Sharp contrast between fancy hotels of downtown and slums on outskirts
Cairo for example-paved streets give way to dusty alleys, tenements, traffic, garbage & 12.5 m. people bursting at the seams
Favela of Rio de Janeiro with dualism of peripheral metropolises-shanty town on hillside overlooks the luxury apartments near the famous Ipanema Beach

10. Shanty town of Belem, Brazil
Shanty town of Belem, Brazil-capital of Para state and main river port of the Amazon.
½ of the 2 million residents live in shantytowns with precarious dwellings made out of recycled materials
Shanty town of Belem, Brazil

11. Many cities in developing nations are growing at a rapid rate with many new arrivals each day.
Unofficial suburbs such as this favela of Rio de Janeiro are poor and often lack basic services. (Disamenity sector)
Clinging to a hillside, this neighborhood often suffers fatal landslides during heavy rains.
Barail-a majority of the wealth is controlled by only 10% of the people.
About 25 million Brazilians live in slums

12. Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, (Mexico City’s slum-Neza-Chalco-Itza has 4x the number of people) is a teeming, noisy slum of 1 million people with 18,000 people per acre. Mumbai’s total population is 12 million
15 people share 300 square feet of floor space
Top right- Shraddha Kurmi (age 9) lives in a shack with no power and jute bag walls
Lower right-Mena Lohar wife of a carpenter keeps her one room home tidy-lucky to have a cooking stove and electricty-most do not