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Urbanization in China trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Urbanization in China trends, Challenges, and Opportunities. December 10, 2010. Josh Newell UM School of Natural Resources & Environment. Urbanization: Unprecedented Migration to Cities. Source: United Nations, Population Division, 2010 . . Rapid Urbanization in Emerging Countries.

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Urbanization in China trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

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  1. Urbanization in Chinatrends, Challenges, and Opportunities December 10, 2010 Josh Newell UM School of Natural Resources & Environment

  2. Urbanization: Unprecedented Migration to Cities Source: United Nations, Population Division, 2010.

  3. Rapid Urbanization in Emerging Countries Source: United Nations, Population Division, 2010.

  4. Mass Urbanization in Asia Sources: McKinsey Global Institute, China National Bureau of Statistics, Foreign Policy.

  5. Mass Urbanization: China in 2025 Sources: McKinsey Global Institute, China National Bureau of Statistics, Foreign Policy.

  6. Building Cities: China Sources: McKinsey Global Institute, China National Bureau of Statistics, Foreign Policy.

  7. China: Boom in Urban Area Jobs Sources: McKinsey Global Institute, China National Bureau of Statistics, Foreign Policy.

  8. Cities and CO2 Emissions Cities are responsible for approximately 71% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. -International Energy Agency, 2009

  9. China Challenge: Urban-scale CO2 emissions Sources: McKinsey Global Institute, China National Bureau of Statistics, Foreign Policy.

  10. Challenge: Sustainable Buildings Commercial Building Emissions, China, 2005-2020 Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2008.

  11. Challenge: Sustainable Urban Transportation

  12. Business Opportunity: Sustainable Cities • Urban areas just 2% of total land area, but responsible for most of the world’s carbon emissions. Cities are key leverage points for change • More than 50% of the cities that we will have by 2050 have not yet been built. • How we build cities will have long-term resource implications

  13. Smart City Example: Portugal

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