![]() ![]() “They are places that are out of control, and which are characterised by widespread poverty, crime and public hygiene,” she says. There are megacity success stories, like Tokyo and New York, but in the developing world many megacities are, in Sassen’s words, “a bit of a mess”. Megacities must aspire to become global cities, says Sassen. Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in New York City, argues that the future will see “more megacities, with more poverty, more disease and more inequality of opportunities and life chances.” Given the direction of human demographics towards greater conglomerations of urban living, the megacity – widely defined as a built-up metropolitan area with a population of over 10 million inhabitants – is on the rise. London, Singapore, Chicago Professor Saskia Sassen © TED Conference In a world increasingly characterised by the vast urban sprawls of megacities, Sassen argues that cities should aspire to be ‘global’. Saskia Sassen is famously attributed with creating the term ‘global city’ - one that is dynamic, vibrant and influenced by different cultures and business practices. ![]()
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