Preparing for China's Urban Billion

Preparing for China's Urban Billion

McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)'s recent research on China's urbanization brings to life the opportunities and challenges of China's unprecedented urban development. Experts from McKinsey Global Institute, the Tsinghua-Brookings Institute, and Beijing Normal University present the findings on China's urban productivity opportunity. Featuring original footage and animations projecting the future growth of China's cities, this video examines what national policies China needs to adopt in order to move to a path of more concentrated urban growth.

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[deadblock3]

what!!!! really.. why there is no trees in china urban area? In Canada, we have many trees around in downtown becuase it help you breath and that trees produce Oxygen and glucose to help you survive.. in this video we see there is alot of serious problem with that has not trees and too much electricity

[Warsie]

@nockey

1 bil urban inhabitants i think he meant

[karoue]

@nockey 1 billion is the number of people who will live in China's cities..

[nockey]

by 2030 china will have over 1 billion people? aint they already over 1.3billion.

[krayzai]

I'm concerned that China might roll over and crush America.

[apait2000]

you listen to these Americans, they are bargin for money, borrow too much from China. China got its own and unique way to go, it will be the most powerful country in the world, does NOT matter you like it or not, you want it or not!

[lendmeurears]

water pollution in the South. Furthermore if there was a water shortage in China's Western provinces which is relatively sparsely populated (only around 20%-30% of the Chinese population lives outside the Eastern provinces) China would restrict the glacial water supply from flowing into India. China is already rapidly building dams in the river tributaries which flow into Indian rivers. India also has unrestricted population growth. Nonetheless both countries already face major water shortages.

[lendmeurears]

@BurnsideStudios08 India is more dependent on the Himalayan glaciers than China because it's major cities are dependent upon rivers, such as the mighty Ganges, which tributaries stem from glaciers on the Chinese Himalayan glaciers. China's major cities on the other hand are concentrated on the Eastern provinces. It's southern provinces is abundant in water; it has already created a South-North water diversion project to link the lush south to the arid north. It's major challenge is to stop water

[BurnsideStudios08]

I'm curious what will happen to China and India when the Himalayan glaciers melt? Some estamite that they will could be gone by 2035. When they melt, a lot of water that China and India depend on will be gone. I know that desalinization is possible, but the strain on the system that will have to support almost 2 billion ppl would be high. I can just imagine instead of a barrel of oil being trade on the Beijings stock exchange it'll be a barrel of water.