According to geographers' estimates, two out of three people in the world will live in a city by the year 2030. This migration to urban centers creates an increase in urban populations, resulting in the formation of megacities. Geographers define a megacity as any city with a population of
more than 10 million people. Today, there are 25 megacities in the world.
Explore this resource on megacities e, clicking through the interactive and reading about a few megacities in the world. Then pick two
cities, research them, and create a profile about them. For each city, include the following information:
• location
• brief history of the city
• population density
• problems currently facing the city
• what city planners are doing to address the city's problems
• what city planners could be doing differently