The World Of The 21st Century

However, even though this sounds fantastic everything comes at a cost. Cities were not prepared for such an increase in population in such a short

Sixty percent of the global population gain has happened within an urban context, particularly inside the developing world (The Challenge of Slums 5). Even ignoring raw population growth slums continue to grow globally because of the effects of rural-to-urban migration. Rates of

“The 21st Century” we approach in an accelerated way to the new millennium, some changes are already visual and some others we don’t even imagine what they are. We all have to be prepare for those changes full of opportunities but of uncertainties as well. Many changes in technology, and communications just to mention a few. The whole environment will be very different, the big challenge will be to prepare and learn to live in this new environment due to the fact that not all of us are prepare for the big step.

If the population of the United States grows from 325 million to 400 million over the next 35 years, we will see a greater population in urban areas and the rural areas will turn into cities: “The urban population of developing regions will grow rapidly as people migrate from rural to existing urban areas and transform rural settlement into cities ”. More people and more and larger cities will increase the demand for natural resources.

Meanwhile, another 3 billion people are going to need somewhere to live. By 2050, 70% of us are going to be living in cities. This century will see the rapid expansion of cities, as well as the emergence of entirely new cities that do not yet exist. It 's worth mentioning that of the 19 Brazilian cities that have doubled in population in the past decade, 10 are in the Amazon. All this is going to use yet more land.

Asian cities have been tended to grow more quickly than Western cities, so what makes their growth so phenomenal? The accelerated rate may be attributed to population dynamics, economic markets and or/socio-political conditions, poor planning and disregarding environmental hazards like flood plains have held them back. Many primate cities in Asia have grown to become megacities, and some more are rapidly increasing in size to assume such a status by the end of the century. This is a remarkable phenomenon fraught with various implications, favorable or unfavorable. In 1960 there were only two megacities in the region, which were, Tokyo and Shanghai. In 1970 Beijing was added, and Asia had three of 10 megacities in the world, or two of five

According to the data from United Nations urbanization prospects 2014, in the early 20th century the urbanized population only accounted 15 percent of the world’s total population. Half century later the pace of urbanization rate accelerated and the figure reached 30 percent in 1950. After nearly 60 years of development, in year 2008 it was the first time that urban population outstripped rural population. Now in 2014 there has been 54 percent of world’s population become urban dwellers. However due to historical geographical and economic reasons, the level of urbanization varies significantly across regions. Highly urbanized regions include Northern America and Caribbean and Latin America with over 80 percent of their total population urbanized.

At the start of the 21st century, for the first time, the global population of cities outnumbered the rural population. In 1950, there were a mere fifty cities with a population of over one million; today there are over five hundred. By 2020, rural populations will cease to increase and virtually all population

These United States of America, strong-armed, affluent, influential, and comparatively young, dominator of global politics; arguably holding the rank of top world superpower, depending on how you count it, since September 2, 1945. This country whose trademark is freedom, the anthem of which exclaims Land of the free home of the brave. Do we as Americans know what freedom is? Can we define it with an elegant complete thought? The Americans of the 21st century are batting societal inequalities in the realms of matrimony, reproduction, and religion to name a few; with even bigger battles on the horizon such as genetic engineering, energy, and other resource depletions. All of these issues will be addressed most assuredly with an echo from our

In Manchester, many people left their rural homes amidst the start of the Industrial Revolution. The concept of enclosure was widespread during that time which helped generate more money, but reduced the needs for large amount of workers. Not only did the farms need less workers, but “better wages were undoubtedly the greatest attraction of city life” (Griffin). As a result, the movement of urbanization happened when many people left their homes for the cities. This caused the population to rise quickly which had a negative effect because of the living conditions that existed in Manchester. Most of the people who moved to the cities were living in slums

Population continued to grow rapidly from the years 2001–2010 with little to no sign of slowing down. The Great Acceleration also notes the changes in the fertility rates that foresees the exponential population growth, and states that it will soon be over. This case study shows various graphs and they show that the resource use has continued to grow through the most recent decade, fertilizer consumption, paper production and water use on a global scale, have all risen, but one of the most important trends of all is the rapid rate of urbanisation. over 50% of the global population now live in urban areas.

With more than 385 million people living in south America, It has become the most urbanized area in our developing world. Urbanization is the shift from Rural to an urban society, which can be appealing to many who are looking for opportunities. A census was taken in the 2000s that showed that 80% or 3.8 million of the SOuth American population lived in the continents Big cities.There are some that deem this crazy, but, can we blame them? Cities offer a shorter distance to resources and good jobs, and in return can create higher prices and economies can flourish.

The world as we know it is experiencing an unprecedented shift for the first time witnessed in human history. It wasn’t even 100 years ago that the world was still overwhelmingly rural with global urban population rates around 10%. Fast forward to 2015, now accounting for roughly around 53% of the worlds population living in cities and is projected to rise to around 67% by 2050.1 The comparative analysis sets out to understand the opportunities and challenges among the North American megacity New York and the Asian megacity of Beijing. The metropolitan area of both New York and Beijing consist of a population each over 10 million people, which generally defines as a megacity. A “megacity” can also be coined as world city, global city, megalopolis, metropolis, conurbation, and agglomeration. Megacities such as New York and Beijing are comprised of a central core, surrounded by satellite cities within daily commuting distances, separated by greenspace. Thus, urban agglomerations can be numerous cities and towns when they are linked by the flows of people, goods, and information, as long as the aggregate population exceeds 10 million.2

Researchers predict that the time when 50% of the world’s population lives in cities is quickly

Future learning in the 21st century can illustrate a materialise collection of new ideas, knowledge, beliefs, practices and theories. Hence, the 21st century learning environment will favour on two different ideas. Firstly, all students ability to engage and be successful in education is important, and hence, the top priority. Secondly, the global environment changes leads the people to engage and work with a different background of culture and religion (Bolstad et al., 2012, p.7). Furthermore, education is driven by two factors: globalisation and social change, which has an influence growth on technologies that has significantly impacted on how students learn and communicate. This is guided by the Australian curriculum and teaching methods that allows students to explore variety uses of technology.