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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2024 Annual Mega-Cities Report
The Mega-Cities Project 2024 Annual Report is now available! It contains highlights from the past year, such as: Our current inquiry into the “Life Cycle of Urban Innovations,” which is examining the progress of [...]
READ: SMART CITY EXPO MIAMI – FUTURE READY COMMUNITIES.
In September, our founder, Janice Perlman, spoke at the Smart City Expo Miami 2024 about “Accelerating Urban Innovations from Idea to Implementation." Now you can see the associated publication, including Janice's contribution, by clicking [...]
BRAVO YVES CABANNES!!
Yves was a magical person—he was a bright light. Whether in civil society, academia, or the UN system, he was always thinking of a new way to “walk the talk”. At every urban meeting or city summit, Yves would cut to the heart of the conversation, suggesting a way forward that seemed perfectly obvious, but no one had seen.