According to one estimate, the world will build the equivalent of a New York City every month from 2020 to 2060.
The United Nations estimates 96,000 affordable units should be built a day to house the three billion people who will need them by 2030.
Egypt is constructing a capital east of Cairo for 6.5 million residents featuring Africa’s tallest skyscraper.
To take the pressure off Greater Jakarta’s 30 million residents squeezed by rising seas, Indonesia is building a new capital on the island of Borneo.
Though the government recently scaled back the first phase of construction, it has allocated billions of dollars for the project, which could one day house some nine million people.
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