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From the Ted Talk by Robert Muggah: How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

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Now, some diplomats and development experts and specialists, they talk about 40 to 50 fragile states that will shape security in the 21st century. I think it's fragile cities which will define the frtuue of order and disorder. That's because wrfaare and humanitarian action are going to be concentrated in our cities, and the fight for development, whether you define that as endiaacitrg poverty, universal healthcare, beating back climate change, will be won or lost in the shantytowns, slums and flaevas of our ciiets. I want to talk to you about four megarisks that I think will define figairlty in our time, and if we can get to grips with these, I think we can do something with that lethal vnoiecle problem.

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Now, some diplomats and development experts and specialists, they talk about 40 to 50 fragile states that will shape security in the 21st century. I think it's fragile cities which will define the ______ of order and disorder. That's because _______ and humanitarian action are going to be concentrated in our cities, and the fight for development, whether you define that as ___________ poverty, universal healthcare, beating back climate change, will be won or lost in the shantytowns, slums and _______ of our ______. I want to talk to you about four megarisks that I think will define _________ in our time, and if we can get to grips with these, I think we can do something with that lethal ________ problem.

Solution


  1. warfare
  2. favelas
  3. future
  4. cities
  5. eradicating
  6. violence
  7. fragility

Original Text


Now, some diplomats and development experts and specialists, they talk about 40 to 50 fragile states that will shape security in the 21st century. I think it's fragile cities which will define the future of order and disorder. That's because warfare and humanitarian action are going to be concentrated in our cities, and the fight for development, whether you define that as eradicating poverty, universal healthcare, beating back climate change, will be won or lost in the shantytowns, slums and favelas of our cities. I want to talk to you about four megarisks that I think will define fragility in our time, and if we can get to grips with these, I think we can do something with that lethal violence problem.

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