By 2007, the world will pass from being a mainly rural to a mainly urban population. Large cities, including mega cities with more than 10 million people, present key challenges relating to sustainable development and citizenship. Each title in this new geography series reveals reasons for the city's location and the structure of the population, and explores environmental issues such as transport, waste, pollution and wildlife, city economy, culture, leisure and tourism and look to the future.

Author Biography

Rob Bowden is a freelance development geographer and has taught at three British universities. He is a regular visitor to Kenya and is involved in several development projects there. He has written several books for children on environmental and development issues and is the author of several titles from the Countries of the World series also published by Evans Brothers.