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1. MM: Evolution
of world population
0 AD 200 million
1000 AD 265 million
1804 1 billion
1999 6 billion
2050 (estimate) 9 billion
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2. The 1 billion
units increase
Post war rule:
1 billion every 12 years
year population urbanized pooor
1960 3 billion — —
1974 4 billion — —
1987 5 billion 1.0 billion 100 million
1999 6 billion 2.0 billion 500 million
2011 7 billion 3.5 billion 1 billion
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3. 12 years = 624 weeks
MMM Math
1,000,000,000 persons
624 weeks
= 1.6 million every week

4. 2015: projected increase of urbanized population
in the next 12 years = 750,000,000 new ‘citizens’
MMM Urban Math
750,000,000 citizens
624 weeks
= 1.2 million every week

5. Number of states with land mass of 10,000 square km or more = 165
750,000,000 people
165 countries
= 1 new Milan per country every 12 years
MMM Urban Problem
Lebanon land mass = 10,000 square km
Milan urbanized area = 4.5 million people

6. The MMM has begun.
Two man-made crusts cover the natural crust of the earth.
The road is paved for the Urban Meltdown.
MMM Three Crusts

7. EARTH: the first crust of the earth
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8. CONCRETE: the first crust of the earth
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9. WILD URBANIZATION: the third crust of the earth
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