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By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, and 1 in 6 people already live in a ‘mega-city'. But what does that mean for the people inhabiting them?
The poet Frank O’Hara was so in thrall to the excitement of life in twentieth century New York that he claimed: I cannot enjoy so much as a blade of grass without knowing there’s a subway handy.
Join writer and historian Leo Hollis, Future Cities Project associate director Alastair Donald and others for this one-off live debate, to discuss the various lures and perils of urban life,the rise of mega-cities, and radical solutions to the fragmented nature of city living.
The debate is in collaboration with Battle of Ideas Satellites
