The Division of Resource Economics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is pleased to announce the launch of a new discussion paper series called Emerging megacities edited by Konrad Hagedorn, Christine Werthmann, Dimitrios Zikos and Ramesh Chennamaneni (Publisher: Europäischer Hochschulverlag - Bremen and Oxford). The Emerging megacities Series presents finding of current inter- and trans-disciplinary research on different topics regarding sustainable growth of rapidly expanding cities all over the world and pools international research on sustainable development paths of megacities of tomorrow. Paper submissions are permanently welcome.
About the Emerging megacities Series
Currently 23 cities have exceeded the 10 million inhabitants’ threshold. The number of megacities in the world is expected to grow to 39 in 2025 with 32 of these in emerging economies. While today cities cater for over half of the world’s population, they are facing ever increasing environmental problems. Whether or not an emerging megacity will be able to cope with expected climate change impact and increased scarcity of natural or man-made resources depends on its capacity to change human behaviour in different areas of what constitutes a city. On-going research on complex responses to anticipated climate change impact on emerging megacities aims to generate knowledge for an effective and feasible transition towards sustainable development. Researchers from different disciplines using different approaches seem to overwhelmingly agree that mitigation and adaptation measures are urgently needed. This implies not only identifying available technological options but also exploring institutions – defined as “sets of norms and rules” and governance structures, i.e. those “modes of organization” that are necessary to put institutions into practice. Thus, to arrive at feasible mitigation and adaptation measures, technical solutions and social construction need to be combined.
Please visit our websites for further information and paper submission guidelines:
http://www.sustainable-hyderabad.de/emerging-megacities.html www.emerging-megacities.com
Contact: emerging.megacities(at)hu-berlin.de
