The document discusses how cities of the future may develop based on current population and economic trends. It envisions that as global population reaches 9 billion, cities will have higher density with more efficient transport like electric cars and trains, as well as more vertical buildings that can be self-sufficient. Most office work will be done remotely using virtual reality to reduce transport needs. Megacities constructed by large companies will provide living and work areas for employees. Future cities will also be more multicultural and focus on addressing global issues like climate change.

1. How do you envision the city of the future?

2. Firstly, what does a city mean?
City, from the Latin “civitas”, is the urban area that has
high population density and it is inhabited by people
who do not usually engage in agricultural activities.
Characteristics:
•Population density
•Economic activity
•Habitat

3. Population density
Currently there are 7.000 million people all over the world.
The global population is estimated to grow until 9.000 million
people. Then is going to be established.
Effects:
• More efficient transports -> Electric cars and high speed trains.
• More food necessity -> Chemical food, food factories.
• Higher buildings -> Energy self-sufficient

4. Economic activity
• Most of the office works will be done at home due to the bad
transport capacity. The virtual reality will help to work from
home.
• Megacities will be constructed by the biggest multinational
companies, as Google, where the workers will live with their
families and with all the commodities.
• There will not be medium or little companies.

5. Habitat
• Multicultural society. No racism, homophobia, sexism and
other kinds of discrimination.
• Worldwide big problems caring, as global warming, ozone
lawyer, animal extinction and forest deforestation.
• Bigger cities with lower noise and pollution.