According to the United Nations a mega city (MC) is a large urban agglomeration of 10 million people or more. MC's are dynamic areas with vulnerable urban peripheries, a clear 'youth bulge' (Muggah 2017) and with subsequent social polarisation. As the world continues to rapidly urbanise and surpass 7.7 billion (LSE), a geographical exploration into the feasible solutions from a range of governments, NGO's and community self-help initiatives to the challenges of living in MC's is imperative in achieving the United Nations SDG's.
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