# How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2014
- Speaker: Robert Muggah
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_muggah_how_to_protect_fast_growing_cities_from_failing)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like Aleppo, Bamako and Caracas — violence is actually accelerating, fueled by the drug trade, mass unemployment and civil unrest. Security researcher Robert Muggah turns our attention toward these "fragile cities," super-fast-growing places where infrastructure is weak and government often ineffective. He shows us the four big risks we face, and offers a way to change course.

## Lectures

1. [How to protect fast-growing cities from failing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/robert_muggah_how_to_protect_fast_growing_cities_from_failing/f8d24a1a956e), 15 min (TED's player)