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Urbanization
Urbanization
Urbanization or urbanisation is more than the growth of cities – it is a process of population shift from rural areas to cities resulting in an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
What is Urbanization
(MrB 3min)
40 Years of Urbanization Captured by Google Earth
(Cartographer Justinian 6min)
UN Urbanization Maps
World Urbanization
(Espace mondiale SceincesPo)
Bright Lights, Big Cities
Interactive urbanization map from the Economist
Fastest Growing Cities Worldwide
(Visual Capitalist)
Rural to Urban Migration
(Geography Lessons 3:40)
Numbeo: Cost of Living Comparison
World's Largest Cities
World's Most and Least Liveable Cities 2022 (VisualCapitalist)
Urbanization
(Wiki)
Urban Population Data
→ search and download to spreadsheet
Metropolitan Poster
comparing cities around the world
Population Around a Point
Interactive map - Great for comparing densities of urban areas; NOTE: 5km radius circle = 78.54km2
The Growth of Cities in HICs
The Growth of Cities in HICs
Urban Geography: Why We Live Where We Do
(Wendover 10:04)
Why cities are where they are (Wendover 15:43)
A Brief History of US City Planning (CityBeautiful 14:30)
Urban Sprawl - Which US city Sprawls the Most? (CityBeautiful 5:11)
How Urban Sprawl Weighs on the US Economy (CNBC 13:12)
Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it (TED 6:18)
Megacities
Megacities
Urbanisation and the Rise of Megacities (1:04)
The EconomistWhat does the future hold for megacities (11:36)
The Economist - with sections on Planning, Congestion and WasteCase Study: Shenzhen, from fishing port to China’s Silicon Valley (17:00)
World Megaregions (VisualCapitalist)
Are megacities sustainable? (3:24)
Mapped: The World's Largest Megacities by 2100 (2:26)
Visual CapitalistInformal Settlements & Slums
Informal Settlements & Slums
Urban Population Living in a Shanty Town
(Espace mondiale SciencesPo)
The World's Largest Slums - Solutions
Habitat for Humanity
Wikipedia: Slums
VOX: Inside Rio’s favelas, the city's neglected neighbourhoods (8:59)
Kibera (29:25)
Make A Difference Films
Kibera: Michael's Story (6:15)
Amnesty International
TEDxDayton: Out of Kibera (9:01)
Solutions to Urban Issues
Solutions to Urban Issues
Retrofitting Suburbia
(TED 20:00)
What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? (TED-Ed 5:25)
How cities can overcome their growing transport pains (WEF)
HerCity: A platform for urban design from a girl's perspective (UN Habitat)
Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars (Vox 5:30)
Paris' Grand Plan to Become Europe's Greenest City (tomorrow's Build 5:49)
Why Egypt is building a new capital (Neo 15:00)
Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it (TED 6:18)
The 15-minute City
The 15-minute City
Carlos Moreno: The 15-minute City (TED 7:44)
The 15 minutes-city: for a new chrono-urbanism! - Carlos Moreno
Defining the 15-minute City
(CNU Journal)
Time to think 15-minute cities for health and equity (NCCEH.ca)
What are 15-minute Cities? (GeographyRealm)
How to build back better with a 15-minute city (C40 Knowledge)
Complete Streets in the 15-minute City (PDF)
The 15-minute city aims to build more liveable neighbourhoods. In Canada, only 23 per cent of urban dwellers live in this type of area (Globe & Mail)
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