November 14, 2008...3:47 pm

China Outta Control

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Nanking Road, Shanghai in 1930s

A not-too-idyllic crystal ball projections on China’s growth in the next twenty some years. Link to the business week article by Dexter Roberts that heavily relies on projection numbers from McKinsey’s recent study.

Some Key Projection Stats from the article - China 2025

  • 350 million rural residents(entire US population)  will leave the farm and move to cities
  • Chinese urban population to increase from 600 million to 1 billion
  • 8 Megacities with 10 million+ population
  • 15 cities with 5-10 million+
  • 220 cities with 1 million +
  • Infrastructure needs: 170 Mass Transit systems, 40 billion sq.m of floor space, 5 million buildings with upto 50,000 30+story tall buildings

    ….but, but…what about all those extra cars?

    image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shanghai_Nanking_Road_1930s.jpeg

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