Redrawing the Map of the Future

Liotta, P. H.; Miskel, James F.

doi:10.1215/07402775-2004-2010

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“…During the period between 1950 and 2015, the population of Dhaka increased by more than 5,400 percent. If New York would have experienced this rate of growth, its population would be now a staggering 684 million people (Liotta & Miskel, 2012). The urban population in Dhaka has been growing at an estimated rate of 4 percent each year since 1971, while the national population growth has been 2.2 percent (The World Bank, 2007).…”

Section: Urban Reality In the Megacity Of Dhakamentioning

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“…The world population is increasingly becoming more urban as more people end up living in large cities than at any other time in human history. In 1905, only 10 percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas (Liotta & Miskel, 2012). The world’s largest city in 1900 was London.…”

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“…One of the distinctive features of this process of mega-urbanization is that it is increasingly taking place in the developing countries widely known as the Global South (Davis, 2006; Liotta & Miskel, 2012). Unfortunately, these cities (e.g., Jakarta, Delhi, Mexico City, and Dhaka) are growing faster than their capacity to support their increasing number of residents (Sekkat, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A large share of this population are poor and have very limited and unprivileged access to basic urban services or other economic, social, and political opportunities. In some cases, governments in low-income developing countries have created a poor record in designing, financing, managing, and implementing policies, rules and regulations, and in providing services, which has resulted in outcomes that are often socially and economically inefficient and inequitable (Liotta & Miskel, 2012; UN Habitat, 2016).…”

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Just Sustainability in the Global South: A Case Study of the Megacity of Dhaka

Ahmed

Meenar

2018

Journal of Developing Societies

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Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, accommodates 18 million people and is one of the largest megacities in the world. A large share of its population is poor and lives in informal settlements which can be called slums. In addition to precarious and unhealthy living conditions, these slum dwellers lack formal land tenure rights and therefore are subject to government-supported evictions. Slum evictions due to various urban development pressures may bring short-term benefits to the urban real estate market but have adverse long-term effects on sustainability and livelihoods of the city’s poor residents. Using the conceptual lens of just sustainability (JS)—which facilitates an investigation of the normative and practical challenges of sustainability and environmental justice—the authors argue that urban development in Dhaka needs to ensure social justice and sustainability. While the geographic focus of this article is Dhaka, this study has direct relevance—in terms of policy and planning implications—for other cities in the Global South.

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Section: Urban Reality In the Megacity Of Dhakamentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Just Sustainability in the Global South: A Case Study of the Megacity of Dhaka

Ahmed

Meenar

2018

Journal of Developing Societies

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“…Furthermore, the study concludes that "ninety-five percent of the growth will take place in 'emerging' countries, and nearly all projected population growth will occur in rapidly expanding urban areas." 26 Overcrowding in urban centers not only causes but exacerbates problems and inequalities within society as municipalities outgrow their governing capacities. Naval War College professors P.H.…”

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The Youth Bulge in Egypt: An Intersection of Demographics, Security, and the Arab Spring

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2012

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During the Arab Spring, Egyptians revolted against decades of poor governance and failed institutions. A wide range of grievances contributed to the eventual fall of the Mubarak regime, and most of these grievances were influenced by the demographic composition of the Egyptian population. This paper argues that the youth bulge in Egypt played a major role in the political transition and as such serves as the prime example of the intersection of demographics, security, and the Arab Spring.

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