1.List the projected numbers of people that will be living in each of the ten cities listed for 2030, and comment on at least five of them. Do you find this trend surprising in any way? Compare them to the numbers living in the world’s largest cities today.
2. List the projected numbers of people that will be living in each of the ten cities listed for 2100. How are things anticipated to change since 2030? For example, what parts of the world take on this trend most dramatically?
3. Think about the video of a walk along Danghyun Stream, as well as others from last week. Think about the streams flowing through neighborhoods with which you are familiar. Often, in the US, small streams and even rivers are often fenced off and made inaccessible. They are often dirty, ugly, and ill-maintained. Where there are parks, in recent years, these have become dangerous. I don’t think anyone can deny our collective neglect of these potentially fun environments. Just give me your initial impression of Korean or Japanese outdoor urban environments (particularly those associated with rivers and streams) and whether we might have something to learn in that regard. In general, due to their heat-reducing properties, why would we hesitate to bring more trees and open water into the heart of our cities?
https://youtu.be/H61dOkJfEW0 (Links to an external site.)
4. Do you think that the megacities of the future will be anything like today’s cities? For example, could or should they sustain the sort of automotive transportation we find in US cities today? Can they succeed in providing the sort of comfortable, interesting, and safe environment exemplified by present-day Tokyo or Seoul? What sort of planning do you think will be necessary for future megacities to be sustainable?
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