MM: Evolution of world population

0 AD 200 million

1000 AD 265 million

1804 1 billion

1999 6 billion

2050 (estimate) 9 billion

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The 1 billion units increase

Post war rule:1 billion every 12 years

year population urbanized pooor

1960 3 billion — —

1974 4 billion — —

1987 5 billion 1.0 billion 100 million

1999 6 billion 2.0 billion 500 million

2011 7 billion 3.5 billion 1 billion

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12 years = 624 weeks

MMM Math

1,000,000,000 persons

624 weeks = 1.6 million every week

2015: projected increase of urbanized population in the next 12 years = 750,000,000 new ‘citizens’

MMM Urban Math

750,000,000 citizens

624 weeks = 1.2 million every week

Number of states with land mass of 10,000 square km or more = 165

750,000,000 people

165 countries = 1 new Milan per country every 12 years

MMM Urban Problem

Lebanon land mass = 10,000 square km

Milan urbanized area = 4.5 million people

The MMM has begun.

Two man-made crusts cover the natural crust of the earth.

The road is paved for the Urban Meltdown.

MMM Three Crusts

EARTH: the first crust of the earth

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CONCRETE: the first crust of the earth

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WILD URBANIZATION: the third crust of the earth

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