Examples of using Megacities in English and their translations into Chinese
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But as stores have moved online, megacities have lost this competitive advantage.
It's not hard to spot the megacities on the map, where transport is the main source of emissions.
For its part, the International Council of Scientific Unions has established a subcommittee on disaster reduction and has endorsed a global project for disaster reduction in megacities.
These mid-size cities are collectively forecast to grow by 8.7% annually over the next five years, ahead of the megacities on which many firms focus.
At the Technosignatures Workshop, they also talked about detecting megacities on other planets through their heat signature, and detecting satellites orbiting other planets.
The main theme of this year's forum is"Megacities: development outside of the center.”.
In 2014 there were twenty-eight megacities, including Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai with 453 million people accounting for 12 per cent of urbanites.
Founder Horace Luke said he plans to expand to other Asian megacities.
The examples of Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai show that megacities don't have to be monstrosities.
In 2003, 39 cities had a population of over 5 million and 16 were megacities, with over 10 million people.
As of 2018, there are 33 megacities and by 2030, 43 megacities are projected, mostly in developing countries.
The human footprint may leave a more profound impact than the physical structures of the world' s megacities.
The Interdisciplinary Conference“Megacities 2000” was organized in Rotterdam by IAA jointly with“Megacities 2000” Foundation(Netherlands).
On one hand, megacities are the ultimate epicenter of people, ideas, business innovation and growth.
The real winners in the coming decades are likely to be Chinese megacities, and to a lesser extent those in India.
Other Chinese megacities, like Chongqing and Shanghai, are reportedly planning to build similar green structures.
Many of these resulting megacities have difficulty coping with day-to-day problems, and are poorly prepared to face the additional disruption and losses that a natural disaster brings.
Of the world's 28 megacities- cities with populations over 10 million- 17 are found in Asia.
In megacities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, approximately 70% of consumption-based emissions are imported from other regions.
In short: how will these future megacities support massive increases in population?