"There are presently 400-odd “million-plus” settlements, and evaluations for the year 2050 estimate a growth of the urban population up to two-thirds of humanity, making this contemporary geographical trend the largest urban migration in history.
Humankind, to use an elegant expression coined by architectural historian Joseph Rykwert, has been “seduced by a place” it itself created. The contemporary rates of urbanization consolidated throughout history have made the metropolis a central symbol of civilization, to the extent that we might now live in what Henri Lefebvre called the “urban society.” Certainly, the graduates of 2025 will not be able to ignore to socio-political impact of this worldwide trend and global transformation. Yet, we now need to start educating international practitioners and students about the momentous impact of urbanization."
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