The opportunity to build tomorrow's cities (Joan Clos, WEF)

Throughout history, no country has ever achieved economic prosperity without urbanizing. On its surface, then, the urbanization trend dominating the 21st century should be good news - not only for the countries experiencing this growth, but the global economy. Upon closer analysis, however, we can see that current urbanization patterns are largely unsustainable - socially, economically, and environmentally.

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