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MEGACITIES
KARACHI & BANGKOK

MEGACITIES

Megacities is a very large city, typically one with a population of over ten million people. (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/megacity)

KARACHI
PAKISKAN MAP

ABOUT KARACHI
Approx. 23.500.000 peoples
Most of them around 15 - 64 years old
Pakistan’s metropolitan city
There are 100:90 (meaning that for 100 Karachi men, there are only 90 women).
2nd city most population in the world
Their major religion is Muslim
They have equal percentage for poverty

BANGKOK thailand map

ABOUT BANGKOK
Capital city of Thailand
Population 8,280,925 (according 2010 census)
Most of the are Buddhist
Most of them around 15 to 49 years old
29,9 % are poor people male has 0.98% more than female

BANGKOK PROBLEM
Bangkok roads poorly design Need more U-Turn
They have one of the best public transport, but most of them prefer to use car.

POLLUTION

Unregulated factories
Buses not maintain correctly Often this pollution causes a disease for tourist KARACHI’S PROBLEM
Road Construction without any traffic diversion plan buses have ilegal stops
Manual Traffic Signal
Controller
Driver didn’t do the traffic rules

LAND GRABBING
The karachi land mafia is very powerful.
They take away citizen’s and government’s land
Even they have political backing
They also heavily armed

REFLECTION
I think pakistan government the one who made a strict law for those land mafia. Bangkok citizen should use more public transport that private car.
Thailand government should made a law that every factory must have dust collector. I made me feel sorry for the earth, because every human in this world must take care, not destroy
I feel pity about karachi land grabbing and also feel lucky because that problem not happen in Jakarta
Jakarta also have traffic and pollution problem but, for the land grabbing may be we have, but not as serious as karachi’s
May be those city can have a car free day for a week, the citizen can use a public transport.

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