Le megalopoli dei paesi del BRIC
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La serie fotografica BRIC dell’artista britannico Marcus Lyon ritrae le megalopoli dei Paesi in via di sviluppo, Brasile, Russia, India e Cina. Il termine BRIC fu coniato per la prima volta nel 2001 da Jim O’neill of
Nel 2008 si è registró un forte aumento della densità di popolazione nelle città. A causa dell’urbanizzazione di massa, la popolazione nelle città raddoppierà nei prossimi quarant’anni.
attratti dalla speranza di una vita migliore. Oggi, la popolazione di questi paesi rappresenta il 41 per cento di quella mondiale.
These are the megacities of the BRIC economies, the urban giants of Brazil, Russia, India and China. These people-magnets draw in rural workers with the promise of higher wages and a better quality of life, but the delicate balance between expanding population and limited physical space defines the human condition of these powerhouses.
The evolution of these urban spaces defines today’s global economy. In 2001, Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs first coined the term BRICs, accurately predicting that these 4 economies would drive future global growth. In 2010 these 4 countries account for 25% of the world’s land mass and 40% of its population. In 2025 the BRIC economies will have created at least another 200m consumers with per annum incomes over $ 10,000. By 2050 the BRICs will eclipse the combined economies of Europe and America. Whichever way it is examined the megacities of the emerging markets are the defining human environments of our time.
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