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Introduction; The Complexity of and Challenges in the Emergence of Megacities: The Rise of Megacities - An Empirical Overview of the Demographic Changes in the World Economy and an Introduction to an Integral Theory of Megacities (Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A Nawrot); Megacities: Devastation of the Public Sphere (Jerzy Kleer); From Metropolis to Megacity (Piotr Korcelli and Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak); Governance of Megacities - Selected Aspects of International Experience (Tadeusz Markowski); Development Patterns of Megacities and their Future (Zygmunt Ziobrowski); Threats and Challenges Posed by the Rise of Megacities (Konrad Prandecki, Wojciech Kazanecki and Sylwia Smietanko); Megacities and Threats to Human Health (Agata Penconek); The Impact of Megacities on Human Nature (Maria Szyszkowska); Opportunities in the Development of Megacities - Regional, National and Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Rural-Urban Migration, Urbanization and Megacities in China (Feng Wengmeng); Megacities in India: Where are the Opportunities? (Gaurang Rami and Yogesh N Vansiya); African Megacities as Emerging Innovation Ecosystems (Katarzyna A Nawrot, Calestous Juma and James Donald); A Smart Future for Energy in Megacities (Jessen Page); What Future Lies Ahead for Megacities in Europe? (Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A Nawrot); Case Studies of Selected Megacities: Tokyo and Delhi - A Comparative Analysis of Asian Megacities (Katarzyna A Nawrot); Shanghai - The First Megalopolis on the Globe? (Bogdan Goralczyk); Mexico City - An Antithesis of Sustainable Development? (Urszula Zulawska and Elzbieta Zulawska-Sobczyk); Dhaka - The Perils and Promises of an Asian Megacity (Adnan Morshed); Lagos - Directions of Development of Nigerian Metropolis in the First Decades of the 21st Century (Malwina Bakalarska); New York - A City of Progress (Bohdan Szklarski and Piotr Szyja); Epilogue: In Lieu of a Conclusion: Megacities - Boon or Bane? (Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A Nawrot);