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Swan Dive Predicted <p>In a recent <em><a href="">Evolving Urban
Form</a></em> article, we speculated that Tokyo, <a href="">the
world's largest urban area</a> (population more than 35 million)
could be displaced by fast-growing Jakarta or Delhi as early as
2030. If the prediction of central jurisdiction administrators
and academics come true, Tokyo could be passed by many other
urban areas in population by 2100.</p> <p>The <em><a
href="">Japan Times</a></em> reports forecasts that the
population of the Prefecture of Tokyo, the central jurisdiction
of the metropolitan area, could decline by nearly 50 percent (<a
href="">chart</a>) between 2010 and 2100 (Note). Yet, while the
overall population is dropping in half, the elderly population
would <em>increase </em>by more than 20 percent. The resulting
far less favorable ratio of elderly to the working population
would present unprecedented social and economic challenges.</p>
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