ABSTRACT
The global population has exceeded the nine billion mark. Most of the urban growth has occurred in the Global South, the region that in 2017 included many developing and less developed economies. Cities in this region work hard to develop strategies to provide better opportunities for the youth and the poor. The urban environment has been reshaped, with shorter distances between mixed-use, denser, demographically diversified, high-quality, and connected urban places. This makes it quicker, safer, and cheaper for people to access destinations. High-quality, high-capacity public transport corridors attract concentrated growth and have successfully brought movement and place functions together. Information communications technology (ICT) applications are increasingly used by local communities to reframe local issues with a potential for global significance. Grassroots urban activism has become an outcome of democratic political discourse. Government provides an enabling environment for investment in sustainable transport infrastructure, thus influencing private-sector investment.
