looking towards the future of world urban development, cities of the global south will

From now on, it is crucial to focus and direct our efforts at planning new urban spaces that combine elements of sustainable urban planning with (among other ideas), the encouragement of non-motorized transport use, discouragement of car use, prioritization of mass transit, mixed and participatory land use, and for this to be all within a framework of resilient infrastructure. The challenge is twofold: to review the structures of current cities and to plan how and where we will build the future ones.įrom an economic, social, environmental or public health point of view the dominant typology of cities after the passage of the XIX and XX centuries, i.e., industrial city, car-centered, sprawled and unequal, is no longer viable.

Facing the current scenario and trend-line, it is necessary to re-think the way we plan and live in our cities. The largest urban growth has been located in medium-sized cities with less than 1 million inhabitants, particularly in Asia and Africa.

The majority of the world’s population live in cities (54 % according to UN data: 2014) and the global-south is the main territory of this population explosion.

Looking towards the future of world urban development, cities of the global south will