Megacities in the Global South should strengthen urban governance in light of their characteristics and specific problems
Urbanizationisanobviousglobaltrendthiscentury,especiallyindevelopingcountries.Duringthisprocess,megacitiesaregrowingrapidly,becomingimportanthubsconnectingtheirhomecountriesandtheglobalsystem.Megacitiesarefacingvariouschallengesandplayingimportantrolesinachievingtheworld’ssustainabledevelopmentgoals.Fudan-LatinAmericanUniversityConsortium(FLAUC)IdeaLabconductedanurbanstudiesprojectin2022settingthemaintopicasmegacitydevelopmentandurbangovernanceindevelopingcountries.YuanRen,theprofessoratFudanUni