Diverse driving forces, processes and actors are responsible for different trends in the development of megacities and large urban areas. Under the dynamics of

For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process of urbanization that started in the second

Megacities & Global Health brings together important research on infectious diseases, environmental and occupational hazards, disaster preparedness, crowding, u

As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than f

World cities are reaching previously inconceivable sizes and populations. For the last fifteen years, The Megacities Foundation has encouraged public debate on