World’s Fastest Growing Megacities Forbes.com 4th August, 2013 Re-upload on 22/11/2013: Added Captial City for each 'Fastest Growing Megacity'. :)

1. Growing City
Artist: De Es Schwetberger - Oil Painting

2. “The large urban agglomerates we call megacities are increasingly a developing
world phenomenon that will affect the future prosperity and stability of the entire
world.”
George Bugliarello
Megacities and the Developing World
Facts:
 In the decade of 1950-1960, 60% of the growth of megacities was in the developing
world.
 Between 2000 and 2010, the developing world accounted for 90%.
 Out of the 28 biggest cities on Earth, only 6 are in the developed world.
Note:
The list of The Fastest-Growing Megacities, used population data from the 2013 edition of ‘Demographia World
Urban Areas’; the only regularly published survey of urban area populations. The population estimates are for areas
of continuous urbanization which includes central cities and their satellite communities, but excludes adjacent rural
territory.
Adapted from: Forbes.com
“Cities, particularly emerging megacities in developing and newly industrialising
countries, play a significant role in climate change. They are both massive
contributors of greenhouse gases as well as sensitive victims to its consequences.”
Future Megacities 2013

3. Karachi, PAKISTAN
Population (Est.):
20.88 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 80.5%
The Capital City of Pakistan is:
Islamabad

4. Karachi, PAKISTAN
Population (Est.):
20.88 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 80.5%
The Capital City of Pakistan is:
Islamabad
Coordinates:
Latitude:
24 51’ North
Longitude: 67 02’ East

5. Shenzhen, CHINA
Population (Est.):
12.51 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 56.1%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing

6. Shenzhen, CHINA
Population (Est.):
12.51 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 56.1%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing
Coordinates:
Latitude:
22 39’ North
Longitude: 114 13’ East

7. Lagos, NIGERIA
Population (Est.):
12.09 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 48.2%
The Capital City of Nigeria is:
Abuja

8. Lagos, NIGERIA
Population (Est.):
12.09 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 48.2%
The Capital City of Nigeria is:
Abuja
Coordinates:
Latitude:
06 27’ North
Longitude: 03 21’ East

9. Beijing, CHINA
Population (Est.):
18.24 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 47.6%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing

10. Beijing, CHINA
Population (Est.):
18.24 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 47.6%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing
Coordinates:
Latitude:
39 55’ North
Longitude: 116 23’ East

11. Bangkok, THAILAND
Population (Est.):
14.54 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 45.2%
The Capital City of Thailand:
Bangkok

12. Bangkok, THAILAND
Population (Est.):
14.54 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 45.2%
The Capital City of Thailand:
Bangkok
Coordinates:
Latitude:
13 44’ North
Longitude: 100 30’ East

13. Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Population (Est.):
14.34 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 45.2%
The Capital City of Bangladesh:
Dhaka

14. Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Population (Est.):
14.34 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 45.2%
The Capital City of Bangladesh:
Dhaka
Coordinates:
Latitude:
23 43’ North
Longitude: 90 25’ East

15. Guangzhou-Foshan, CHINA
Population (Est.):
17.69 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 43%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing

16. Guangzhou-Foshan, CHINA
Population (Est.):
17.69 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 43%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing
Coordinates:
Latitude:
23 08’ North
Longitude: 113 16’ East

17. Shanghai, CHINA
Population (Est.):
21.77 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 40.1%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing

18. Shanghai, CHINA
Population (Est.):
21.77 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 40.1%
The Capital City of China is:
Beijing
Coordinates:
Latitude:
31 14’ North
Longitude: 121 27’ East

19. Delhi, INDIA
Population (Est.):
22.83 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 39.2%
The Capital City of India is:
New Delhi

20. Delhi, INDIA
Population (Est.):
22.83 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 39.2%
The Capital City of India is:
New Delhi
Coordinates:
Latitude:
28 40’ North
Longitude: 77 14’ East

21. Jakarta, INDONESIA
Population (Est.):
26.75 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 34.6%
The Capital City of Indonesia:
Jakarta

22. Jakarta, INDONESIA
Population (Est.):
26.75 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 34.6%
The Capital City of Indonesia:
Jakarta
Coordinates:
Latitude:
06 09’ South
Longitude: 106 49’ East

23. Istanbul, TURKEY
Population (Est.):
12.92 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 25.3%
The Capital City of Turkey:
Ankara

24. Istanbul, TURKEY
Population (Est.):
12.92 million people
Population Growth from 2000-10: 25.3%
The Capital City of Turkey:
Ankara
Coordinates:
Latitude:
41 01’ North
Longitude: 28 58’ East

25. Vocabulary:
[Remember: as cities grow and merge, new urban configurations are formed.]
City Region
An urban development on a massive scale: a major city that expands beyond administrative
boundaries to engulf small cities, towns and semi-urban and rural hinterlands, sometimes expanding
sufficiently to merge with other cities, forming large conurbations that eventually become city regions.
City Proper
The population living within the administrative boundaries of a city, e.g., Washington, D.C.
Conurbation
An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or more
cities.
Hinterland
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Land lying behind something, esp. a coast or the shore of a river
Remote or undeveloped areas of a country
An area located near and dependent on a large city, esp. a port
Megacity
An urban agglomeration with a population of 10 million people and no more than 20 million.
Metacity
A major conurbation – a megacity of more than 20 million people.

26. Vocabulary [continued]:
Megaregion
A rapidly growing urban cluster surrounded by low density hinterland, formed as a result of expansion,
growth and geographical convergence of more than one metropolitan area and other agglomerations
(the action or process of collecting in a mass).
Metropolitan Area/Region
A formal local government area comprising the urban area as a whole and its primary commuter areas,
typically formed around a city with a large concentration of people (i.e., a population of at
least 100,000).
Peri-Urban Area
An area between consolidated urban and rural regions.
Rural Area
Relating to the country and the people who live there instead of the city (urban area).
Urban Area
The definition of ‘urban’ varies from country to country and with periodic reclassification, can also vary
within one country overtime, making direct comparisons difficult.
An ‘Urban Area’ can be defined by one or more of the following:
• Administrative criteria or political boundaries
o e.g. area within the jurisdiction of a municipality or town committee.

27. Vocabulary [continued]:
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A threshold population size
o i.e. where the minimum for an urban settlement is typically in the region of 2,000 people,
although this varies globally between 200 and 50,000 people.
Population density
Economic function
o e.g. where a significant majority of the population is not primarily engaged in agriculture or
where there is surplus employment
The presence of ‘urban’ characteristics
o e.g. paved streets, electric lighting, sewerage.
In 2010, 3.5 billion people lived in areas classified as ‘urban’.
Urban Agglomeration
The population of a built-up or densely populated area containing the city proper, suburbs and
continuously settled commuter areas or adjoining territory inhabited at urban levels of residential
density.
Urban Corridors
A linear ‘ribbon’ system of urban organization; cities of various sizes linked through transportation and
economic axes, often running between major cities. Urban corridors spark business and change the
nature and function of individual town and cities, promoting regional economic growth but also often
reinforcing urban primacy and unbalanced regional development.
Definitions: Merriam-Webster Dictionary and from the report on The State of the World's Children 2012

28. Forbes.com: The World's Fastest-Growing Megacities
Future Megacities
Future Megacities
Megacities and the Developing World
Worldclocks, Coordinates, Locations