Building a Resilient Region
Collaborative Governance in Cities and Communities of the Western Visayas Stories from 15 Years of Philippines-Canada Cooperation
About This Casebook
Urban centres in the Asia-Pacific region are rapidly growing. While it took London 130 years to grow from a population of 1 million to 8 million, Bangkok took only 45 years, Dhaka 37 years and Seoul only 25 years. According to the UN Habitat, by 2020, two-thirds of the urban population in Southeast Asia will live in only five mega urban regions, with Manila tying with Bangkok in the second slot of having the largest population by that time.
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