The Mega-Cities Project is a worldwide non-profit organization dedicated to shortening the lag time between ideas and implementation by sharing innovative solutions to the problems cities face in common.
Header photo (Democratization and Decentralization) from Catalytic Communities
What is a mega-city?
A mega-city has a population of 10 million or more.
According to the “Report on The World’s Cities” (2016) by the Economic and Social Affairs Office of the United Nations, there are currently 31 mega-cities, but definitions of cities and metropolitan areas are inconsistent across countries and sources.
We work in 23 of the largest cities in the world:
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READ: SMART CITY EXPO MIAMI – FUTURE READY COMMUNITIES.
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