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. [Learn more]
Wellbeing Cities Award
Facing tomorrow’s challenges, cities worldwide benefit from putting wellbeing at the heart of their approach. Apply by February 5th
What Happened When MLK Visited Columbia
On October 27, 1961, Martin Luther King Jr., the chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, arrived at Columbia University to give a speech.
BRAVO! Habitat International Coalition Launches Campaign on Human Rights and Housing
The Mega-Cities Projects congratulates HIC on this timely and important Campaign which it will launch at HIC’s General Assembly (open online) on October 10
Dr. Perlman Is Awarded 2019-2020 Fulbright Scholarship
Perlman won the award for longitudinal research on the impact of metropolitan incorporation of fishing villages she studied over 50 years ago near the Brazilian city of Recife.
MCP President talks with the Brazilian media about her research
Janice Perlman described her findings from her 50-year-old research in Rio
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2019 PAID FALL INTERNSHIP Mega-Cities Project
The Mega-Cities Project is pleased to announce that we are now seeking applications for the 2019 Fall Internship, open to urban practitioners and graduate students in the New York area.
We Work in 23 of the Largest Cities in the World
According to Report on The World’s cities in 2016 –by the Economic and Social Affairs office of the United Nations, there are currently 31 cities with populations of 10 million or more, but definitions of cities and metropolitan areas are inconsistent across countries and sources
1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Delhi, India
3. Shanghai, China
4. Mumbai, India
5. São Paulo, Brazil
6. Beijing, China
7. Mexico City, Mexico
8. Cairo, Egypt
9. New York, USA
10. Dhaka, Bangladesh
11. Karachi, Pakistan
12. Buenos Aires, Argentina
13. Kolkota, India
14. Istanbul, Turkey
15. Lagos, Nigeria
16. Manila, Philippines
17. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18. Los Angeles, USA
19. Moscow, Russia
20. Paris, France
21. Jakarta, Indonesia
22. London, UK
23. Bangkok, Thailand
MCP is not yet working in Osaka-Kobe, Guangzhou or Seoul (shown on map); or in Chongquing, Kinshasa, Tianjin, Bangalore, Chennai and Lima (not shown on map)
Our Founder
Dr. Janice Perlman
WE WORK AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE
GLOBAL URBAN CHALLENGE
The fastest growing segment of the world’s population lives in informal settlements in cities of the ‘global south’. Today 1 billion people live in these self-build communities. By 2050 there will be 3 billion, representing 1/3 people on the planet.
For the past three decades we have worked hard to connect ideas, people and places to promote inclusive cities.
We Focus on Emerging Urban Leaders
Our newest initiative is transferring know-how and power to the next generation of changemakers in cities
Our icon for this is MC2 = energy, derived from Mega-Cities x Mega-Changes
MC2 was launched at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador on October 18, 2016 [See More]
We gave AWARDS to six young leaders from Brazil, China, Cameroon, Nicaragua, USA and Argentina