As the world anticipates the birth of its 7th billion citizen next month, Science Magazine has a new issue out that takes a look at global population. The video below provides a focus on some of the more astonishing findings of their big picture research, including a near future that could reach 9 billion.
So how does this impact Houston? Well as the fastest growing city in the nation, much of it through immigration, we should expect to become a truly global city in the years ahead. This short video from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research provides more detail.