USAHEC: Megacities: OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

"Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda." -- Helmut Schmidt

“Around the World the Tide is Turning against Megacities.”
by Joel Kotkin.
Forbes (Online), January 6. 2016.
"The Case against Megacities."
by Michael Evans.
Parameters 45, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 33-43.
"The Case for Megacities."
by Kevin M. Felix, and Frederick D. Wong.
Parameters 45, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 19-32.
"Here Come the Megacities: By 2100 At Least 10 Megacities Are Predicted to Have Populations Over 50 Million. How Can Society Keep Pace?"
by John Vidal.
Ensia, January 9, 2018.
"The Impact of Megacities on Health: Preparing for a Resilient Future."
by Ashley Jowell, Bright Zhou, and Michele Barry.
Lancet 1, no. 5 (August 1, 2017): 176-178.
"The Megacity Challenge."
by Peter Hetherington.
Public Finance, no. 11 (November 2015): 26-31.
"The Rise of Megacities Calls for Better Infrastructure Resilience."
by Chris Edwards.
Engineering & Technology (Online), June 16, 2017.
"Satisfying Transportation Needs In Fast-Growing Metropolitan Areas: Mobility Solutions for Megacities in Developing Countries."
by Helmut Detter.
OPEC Energy Review 39, no. 4 (December 2015): 418-444.
"Think Again: Megacities."
by Jonathan Kalan.
Foreign Policy no. 2016 (May 2014): 69-73, 12.

Alternative governance structures in megacities : threats or opportunities? by Diane E. Chido.
Carlisle Barracks: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, November 2016.
Megacities and the Coast: Risk, Resilience and Transformation. by Mark Pelling and Sophie Blackbur, eds.
Call Number: Root Hall HT241 .M453 2013
London: Routledge, 2013.

Urbanization and Megacities: Implications for the United States Army.
by Jeremiah Rozman.
Arlington, VA; Association of the United States Army. Institute of Land Warfare, (ILW Spotlight 19-3), August 2019.

CIA World Factbook
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World Economic Forum
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World Urbanization Prospects 2018.
United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs, Population Division presents revised estimates and projections of the urban and rural populations of all countries in the world and of their major urban agglomerations.