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Brazil feature - by standard group kenya
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6 Apr 10
Rio de Janeiro
The world's mega-cities are merging to form vast "mega-regions" which may stretch hundreds of kilometers across countries and be home to more than 100 million people. According to a UN report the phenomenon is likely to be one of the most significant developments and problems of the urban world in the next 50 years. World leaders meeting in Brazil to chart a way forward for the worlds urban centers heard that the growth of mega-regions and cities is also leading to unprecedented urban sprawl, new slums, unbalanced development and income inequalities as more and more people move to urban centers. Beatrice Marshall has just returned from Brazil, one of the worlds most unequal countries and finds out how the government is striving to bridge the divide between its urban rich and urban poor. |
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