City Networks: Learning through Patnerships Zaragoza, Water Tribune 2008 Mila Freire The World Bank.

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Cities in Development  Old paradigm Too rapid urbanization; too large cities; Increasing slums and poverty Discourage migration to cities  New paradigm Economic growth and change in structure happens with concentration of people in towns Density is needed for productivity growth The challenge: how to ease urbanization process, while minimizing congestion costs City population expected to double in 30 years Climate change – the new urgent agenda