Liveable Cities for Tomorrow - An EAS-LCC Report
This report is a compilation of write-ups - submitted prior to the inaugural EAS-LCC by participants from the various countries - on the challenges facing their cities and the efforts they have taken to make their cities more liveable.
East Asia Summit Conference on Liveable Cities (EAS-LCC) Summary Report
The inaugural EAS-LCC was held in Singapore from from 23 - 25 June 2008, in conjunction with the World Cities Summit and the Singapore International Water Week. The summary report is available for download at the link below.
Mega-Challenges for Megacities
By Andrew Tan, Director, Centre of Liveable Cities
THROUGHOUT the developing world, cities are growing bigger and larger, but not necessarily more liveable. For the first time in history, more than half of the world's population, some 3.3 billion people, now live in urban areas. In 1950, there was only one megacity with more than 10 million people - New York. Asia had none.
Today, Asia has more than half of the world's largest cities, including 10 megacities: Bangkok, Beijing, Kolkata, Jakarta, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Mumbai, Osaka and Karachi. By 2015, Asia is expected to have 12 megacities. The UN estimates that Asian cities will double in size by 2030.
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