In Asia and Africa, more and more megacities are growing at top speed: Delhi in India will soon have more than 28 million inhabitants, Shanghai in China 20 million, and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, almost 15 million. The African cities of Lagos, Kinshasa, Luanda and Khartoum are also growing disproportionately fast and strongly, and this book offers an overview of the fastest growing megacities.