In 2011, The Economist invited Paul James (Director of the United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme) and Chetan Vedya (Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India) into a debate around the question of urban sustainability and metropolitan growth.
2011, Ekonomist je pozvao Paula Džejmsa (Direktora Ujedinjenih Nacija globalnog kompaknog programa) i Četa Vidia (Direktor, nacionalnog instituta urbanih poslova, Indija) na raspravu oko pitanja urbanje održivosti i gradskog rasta.