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With a growing population and an already overcrowded urban area, Manila's infrastructures are struggling to cope.Key facts
- Manila is a megacity, with over 12 million inhabitants.
- There are 42,000 people per square kilometre in Manila, and this overcrowding has resulted in an acute housing shortage, congestion, overworked waste and water systems and air pollution.
- To combat overcrowding, Manila's government has developed high-rise residential spaces.
- As a majority Catholic country, abortion is illegal in the Philippines, and contraception is only now, tentatively, being incorporated into national health policy.
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With every second, there are more of us.
Overpopulation is an increasing problem around the globe, especially in cities like this.
Manila, Philippines
Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is a megacity with over 12 million inhabitants.
Megacity = over 10 million inhabitants
Overcrowding
Nearly 42,000 people live in each square kilometre of the city.
There …
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