By 2020 75% of us will live in urban environments and these will increasingly be dense ci'es – more like
Paris and Hong Kong than LA or Mexico City.
Global Urbaniza'on Why Ci'es? Why Now?
By 2015, 32 people an hour will be moving into Shanghai, 39 into Kinshasa and Jakarta, 42 into Mumbai and Karachi, 50 into
Dhaka and 58 into Lagos.
Developing World Mobility Why Ci'es? Why Now?
Mega-‐ci'es will increasingly compete with each other for talent and resources as innova'on and economic growth con'nues to be
driven by urban environments
Growth Engines Why Ci'es? Why Now?
City-‐to-‐city transfer of the best answers will increase in speed and volume as successful new solu'ons to emerging challenges are
quickly developed and shared.
Fast Transfer Why Ci'es? Why Now?
Mayors will increasingly be able to lead change faster than presidents: The C40 group of mega-‐ci'es may be more influen'al
than the G20 group of governments.
Ci'es not Countries Why Ci'es? Why Now?
The gap between urban rich and poor is increasing: 20% of all urban housing are temporary structures and 1/3 of the world’s popula'on
already live in slums.
Unplanned Ci'es Why Ci'es? Why Now?
Midi-‐city clusters will be of growing significance with 400 middleweight ci'es in emerging markets genera'ng
40% of global growth in the next 15 years.
Midi City Clusters Why Ci'es? Why Now?
More and more companies are planning to focus on groups of ci'es as their primary markets rather than countries and so develop more
urban-‐only products and services.
Urban Markets Why Ci'es? Why Now?
Three ques'ons
Ques'ons Why Ci'es? Why Now?
How will more urbaniza/on influence your global / country supply chains?
Who will be the retail partners that can best access the unplanned city?
What new products will be needed exclusively for the urban consumer?