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Prof. Stephen Cairns Director, Future Cities Laboratory Urban transformations in Asia: Responsive knowledge strategies, design scenarios, and action plans

Urbanisation Global phenomenon with unique local features Presenting new threats and possible futures Requiring new forms of description, analysis and action at global and local scales

Urbanisation Global phenomenon with unique local features Presenting new threats and possible futures Requiring new forms of description, analysis and action at global and local scales Trends from 1750 to 2010 in indicators for the structure and functioning of the Earth System. The ‘great acceleration’ (Steffen et al. 2004; Steffen et al. 2015)

Urbanisation Global phenomenon with unique local features Presenting new threats and possible futures Requiring new forms of description, analysis and action at global and local scales Urban and rural population of the world, 1950 – 2050. Urban and rural population as proportion of total population, by major region, 1950 – 2050 (UN DESA 2014)

North America Latin America Oceania Europe Africa Asia 2050 Global Share of Urban Population 2040 1950-2050 2030 2020 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 Global share of urban population, 1950-2050 1950 UN Urbanization Prospects 2014 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

World Population Densities Rationale Urbanisation Global phenomenon with diverse manifestations, and complex effects Left. Visual Data Platform (U-RS 2017)

World Population Densities Extended Metropolitan Regions

World Population Densities Extended Metropolitan Regions 4.4 billion (of 7.5 billion) people live in Asia 4.4 billion Singapore

Regional Population Densities Extended Metropolitan Regions 4.4 billion (of 7.5 billion) people live in Asia Singapore 5.6 million

Nightlight image of West Java (2014). NASA

Tropical Town Rumah Tambah (Rubah)

Tropical Town Rumah Tambah (Rubah)

Tropical Town Rumah Tambah (Rubah)

Building Type: Rusun Kota Planning principles: • Domestic/neighbourhood economies • Street widths Building Type: • Public space Rumah Tambah (Rubah) • Hybrid Centralised/Decentralised systems • Incremental growth/tenure Material strategy

Scenario Platform u-rscape u-rscape: scenario platform. Urban- Rural Systems (U-RS), Future Cities Laboratory, ETH Zürich