Report calls for radical redesign of cities to cope with population growth

Report calls for radical redesign of cities to cope with population growth

Megacities on the Move report says authorities must start planning their transport infrastructure now for a future when two thirds of the world's population will live in cities

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• Alok Jha, science correspondent
• guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 December 2010 07.00 GMT
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'Planned-opolis' - just one of four scenarios of future cities envisaged by Forum for the Future in its Megacities on the Move report

Moving away from car ownership, using real-time traffic information to help plan journeys and having more virtual meetings will be vital to prevent the megacities of the future from becoming dysfunctional and unpleasant places to live, according to a study by the environmental think tank Forum for the Future.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/02/report-redesign-cities-population-growth