… One major influencing factor is growing urbanization, megacities being particularly prone to
… They can be both victims and producers of risks. This article concentrates on major risks and …

… The aim of this paper is to document mega risks of megacity Karachi in contrast to
unprecedented urbanization .This paper builds upon the lesson learnt from existing sustainable …

… propose disaster risk management as another key city-wide planning function of megacities.
… in a similar planning process, disaster risk management could be transformed into an …

… to study the emerging urban Mega Risks but also to analyze … The twin pandemics or Mega
Risks—coronavirus (infectious … understanding of the twin Mega Risks, the magnitude of their …

… In 2011, the world counted 23 megacities, with Asia having 13 of them. The number of
megacities is expected to rise to 37 by 2025, with Asia adding 9 more megacities to its share. This …

… The concentration of economic activities in cities has also exposed their assets to climate-related
risks. For example, a disproportionate number of megacities and their trillion dollars’ …

… megacities and appropriate responses thereto; the nature and biases of risk information
transfers among different types of megacities… attend decision-making in megacities. Institutions of …

… in the wake of mega risks. While national governments were … mammoth challenges posed
by mega risks, they depended on … megacities are in developing countries and furthermore new …

… On the one hand, megacities are global risk areas – in natural … Megacities not only face risks
in consequence of external … of mega-urban regions, the international megacity research as …

… that megacity development is rooted in its specific country or regional context. . . mega-cities …
Megacities not only face risks from external events, whether natural, anthropogenic or- like …