@Xprize Visioneering 2014:
“2.5 billion people in cities today will grow to 7.5B by the end of the century. Either we build 500 new cities the size of New York, or every existing city grows 3x in population. And 3x the people takes 4-5x the built area.”
“In 1811, the surveyor for New York set out the master plan for the next 150 years, and 30% of the area was set aside for streets and sidewalks. A favela, in contrast, only has 5% set aside for mobility. Some cities, like Bangkok, did not build an arterial network, and that city will forever be limited, a failure to identify public spaces.”
“Shenzhen did not exist in 1980. Today it has 10 million people, and the highest income per capita in China. China set up Shenzhen as a place where foreign firms can come in and exploit Chinese labor. They told the people of China ‘if you don’t like that, don’t go there.’ It was an opt-in city driven my market choice. Now imagine a new city forming with the charter that it will burn no solid or liquid fuel. Or a new city in India founded with the charter that women will be free and they will be safe. If you disagree with these principles, don’t move there.”
And from Dr. Lucy Jones, USGS Seismologist and Science Advisor for Risk Reduction:
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