Presentation by Eric Keune, SOM. Given at the 2011 Urban Systems Symposium, as part of the Real Estate Development panel.

1. Big City Planning

2. 75% of Carbon Emissions Originate in Cities

3. The Endless City c MARK Magazine

4. Super-Megalopolis 5 Megalopolis

6. Bohai Rim

7. Yangtze River Valley

8. European Core

9. Great Lakes Regionof all Economic Activity 85% of all Technological Innovation % Small Super- of Earth’s Surface Megalopolis Regions

10. Issues We Are Facing

11. Rapid Growth of Asia and Africa

12. Shrinking Cities in America’s Midwest

13. Climate Change and Coastal Cities 600,000,000 people at Risk

14. Poverty 1 out of 3 People Living in Cities of the Developing World Live in Slums

15. Energy, Emissions and Waste

16. Great Lakes Vision The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Region

20. SCALE THE SCALE OF THE GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER REGION IS VAST. FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLE TO VIENNA TO WARSAW.

32. INVASIVE SPECIES