TED talk Robert Neuwirth
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TED talk Robert Neuwirth 15 min - Jan 5, 2007 "In this compelling talk, journalist Robert Neuwirth takes us on a tour of the world's squatter cities, where a billion people make their homes, after migrating from the countryside. Far from wringing his hands, Neuwirth exhalts these self-built cities as vital centers of ingenuity and innovation, where tomorrow's leaders will likely be born. Our challenge, he says, isn't to end poverty or control populations, but to engage and empower the residents in these "cities of tomorrow." A freelance journalist based in New York, Robert Neuwirth spent two years living in squatter cities on four continents to research his book, Shadow Cities: A billion squatters, a new urban world. In it, he describes life in the shanty towns outside Nairobi, Mumbai, Rio and Istanbul - where a billion people live now and three billion (a third of humanity) are expected to be living by 2050. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 14:49)" http://www.ted.com/
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