AUSTRALIA: New UN think tank on global 'mega cities'

Updated February 26, 2008 21:18:07

Social scientists say this century will be marked by the rise of the global mega city. Melbourne has been chosen as the heart of a global effort to combat the problems of city life.

Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Graeme Hugo, Professor of Georgaphy at the University of Adelaide; Stephanie McCarthy, RMIT Global Cities program manager