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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

By 2050, the United Nations predicts, as many people will live in cities as lived on the planet in total in 2002. Hot spots for pollution, diseases, poverty and more, cities also bring the potential for alleviating these issues. This paper by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities presents creative, urban-centered solutions to some of the most pressing global problems. getAbstract recommends this easily comprehensible paper to policy makers, activists and anyone who gets excited by visionary ideas.

Take-Aways

  • Global problems accumulate in cities. However, cities also bring the creative potential to alleviate them.
  • “Ten urban innovations” put cities at the forefront of solving global problems.
  • Smart water grids can reduce waste water; they can prevent serious damage in the water network and even the spread of diseases.

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The World Economic Forum is an international, nonprofit organization devoted to improving the world through public-private cooperation


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