Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, our cities, theyre home to governments, cathedrals, universities, hospitals, hundreds of millions of homes and billions of people. They dominate the Global Economy, but they also generate the vast majority, 70 , of the worlds carbon emissions. The world, it has become more populous than at any point in history. And since 1980, the proportion of People Living in urban areas, it has soared. In that year, it was just over 39 . By 2007, for the first time, more than half of the global population were living in an urban setting. And here in 2024, that number is now nearly 60 . Its projected to be 68 by the middle of this century. And if that trend continues, more than 80 , or four in five of us, will be living in towns or cities by 2080. That means therell be six times as many big cities with a population of more than a million people. But some regions
Multiply each other. Yep, the future of our cities theyre the engines of the world economy, driving 80 of Global Economic activity. And despite taking up just 2 of the planets landmass, cities are the home to well over half of the worlds population. And that share is growing rapidly, set to be nearly 70 by 2050. Im going to be discussing all of that with these two. There they are. Ones a Top Urban Expert whos worked with 400 cities on everything from Transport To Demographic Change and climate planning. And the leader of one of the worlds most liveable cities, known as australias garden city. Were going to find out from the mayor of melbourne why its so appealing. And how do you balance the needs of five Million People living side by side . Also on the show, were going to take a look at what it takes to create our spaces. Im going to bejoined by the big boss of autodesk. Its the worlds top Software Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a
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