Responses to Challenges in Megacities
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Transcript Responses to Challenges in Megacities
(What’s being done about
the problems??)
Mega-cities need to take steps to
improve the living conditions for their
people, including:
strengthening local government to make it
more effective
implementing new approaches for alleviating
poverty through local job promotion
developing supporting communities
making cities more environmentally friendly
The role of reducing poverty needs to be taken by:
1. NGOs
eg in Bangkok, NGO’s have introduced the Magic
Eyes program to reduce littering
in Mexico City the World Bank has sponsored a
project to reduce air pollution through improvements
to public transport
2. governments
eg a strategy in Mexico City to increase migration to
smaller urban areas has slowed growth from 4.8%
per year to 1.8%
Other responses:
Water supply in Pakistan
- the government is educating people to manage
water resources
Video
Transportation in Mexico City
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Choose ONE of the following and explain how
Mexico City is responding to the challenge
unemployment
urban infrastructure
housing
traffic congestion
air pollution