Cecel Konijnendijk, Michelle Gauthier and René van Veenhuizen

In: UA Magazine No. 13 - Trees and Cities - Growing Together

While human societies have largely been rural over the years, currently the majority of the world’s population lives in cities and towns. Increasingly land is needed for urban areas to cater for the inputs and outputs (the urban footprint), with often a detrimental effect on forests and other green areas. Especially in the developing world, where most (emerging) megacities are located, managing urban populations will be one of the main challenges of our time.