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Parag Khanna: "How megacities are changing the map of the world"…
Parag Khanna: "How megacities are changing the map of the world" | TED Talk
Current Infrastructural Matrix
Statistics
64 million km of roads
4 million km of railways
2 million km of pipelines
1 million km of internet cables
Overcoming Geographic Boundaries
Challenge ancient mythology
Shift from political geography to functional geography
Connectography as an evolving force
Overcoming Geographic Boundaries
Challenge ancient mythology
Shift from political geography to functional geography
Connectography as an evolving force
Evolution of Global Systems
19th-century empires
20th-century interdependent nations
21st-century global network civilization
Connectivity as the organising principle
Infrastructure Spending
Defense vs. Infrastructure spending
Projected rise to $9 trillion per year
Meeting the needs of a growing population
Asia's Leadership in Infrastructure
Creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
China's iron and silk roads vision
Anticipated surge in infrastructure building
Connectivity as a Megatrend
Planetary urbanisation
Cities as defining infrastructures
Rise of megacity clusters globally
Megacity Clusters Around the World
Cascadia Corridor
Silicon Valley
Northeast Megalopolis
Asian Megacities
African Megacity Corridor
Sustainable Urbanisation
Cities as part of the solution
Intercity learning networks for sustainable urbanisation
Addressing climate change through city cooperation
Inequality and Inclusive Growth
Disparity within megacities
Role of infrastructure in creating inclusive growth
Infrastructure in UN Sustainable Development Goals
Connectivity as Opportunity
Connectivity vs. charity
Not the same
Financial community recognizing connectivity as an asset class
Connectivity for Peace
Historical examples (Europe post-WWII)
North American integration
Promise in postcolonial regions
Southeast Asia
East Africa
Connectivity in Asia
Overcoming historical rivalries
Economic ties vs. territorial tensions
Building stability through connectivity
Global Network Civilization
Embodying global connectivity
Rise above geographic constraints
Connectivity as the destiny of the future