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Associate professor of geography  joined in conversation for a podcast called . The podcast series is from , hosted by the .

Meyer was on the show to talk about his book, , published in March by MIT Press. The podcast episode is called “The Environmental Advantages of Cities – Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism”.

Listen to the conversation here:

Some highlights of the 17-minute conversation:

• Urbanization reduces population growth.
• Life expectancy is higher in cities.
• The exceptions are third world cities, which are the worst living places in the whole world.
• Cities are much more efficient in the consumption of resources.
• Map total energy use and you’ll see a big peak in the urban core.
• Map energy use per capita, and you’ll you see a big crater in the urban core.

Your turn – what do you think of the argument?