b'Urbanization has accelerated in the past few decades as thousands daily move to towns and cities in search of a better life, or better education opportunities for their children. Economic development is a natural spur to internal migration, but other factors may be may be in play in recent rapid demographic shifts, not least wider access to information over the Internet. \\n\\nSlums, overcrowding, traffic congestion, and pollution are familiar signs of urban decay in many major cities. We ask Yang Zhang, ADBI research project consultant, whether these are signs that migration and urbanization have grown too rapidly for urban authorities to handle.\\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttp://bit.ly/2zvIni4\\n\\nRead the working paper\\nhttps://www.adb.org/publications/accelerating-urbanization-explained-role-information\\n\\nAbout the authors\\nYan Zhang is an ADBI research project consultant.\\nGuanghua Wan is a principal economist at the Asian Development Bank.\\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s research on urbanization:\\nhttp://bit.ly/2B1ByVS'