Globalization and the cities of the developing world

Globalization puts the developing countries in haphazard situations due to urbanization rates already too rapid to handle.

Did you know that:

“Half of the world’s population already lives in urban areas, and by middle of this century, most regions of the developing world will be predominantly urban?”(UN HABITAT, 2008)

Cities, especially in the developing countries, are experiencing rapid urbanization and development, at a rate that is too fast for its capacity in human resources, resources, and technology.

Did you also know that:

“Urban growth rates are highest in the developing world, which absorbs an average of 5 million new urban residents every month and is responsible for 95 per cent of the world’s urban population growth?”(UN HABITAT, 2008)

Along with the rapid urbanization rate in developing cities are implications of environmental

Amidst globalization, developing cities are faced with many problems in poverty, environmental degradation, gender inequality, resources depletion, and many other development problems on the road to rapid urban growth.

degradation due to mismanagement of resources, lack of awareness on environmental and resources management, among many other things.

“Particular to Asia, approximately 40% of its inhabitants are now living in urban areas. In the next 20 years in Asia, projections indicate that one out of every two Asians will live in cities sometime before the year 2025.” (UN HABITAT, 2008)

Globalization has changed the patterns of consumerism all over the world…and with these patterns come environmental and socio-economic impacts that need to be resolved before these cities deteriorate.

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