Urbanisation:
•For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s people live in cities.
•Nearly two billion new urban residents are expected in the next twenty years.
•Over 90 per cent of urban growth is occurring in developing countries, which add an estimated 70 million new urban residents each year.
•By 2030 all developing regions, including Asia and Africa, will have more people living in urban than rural areas.
•The urban population of the world’s two poorest regions, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to double over the next 20 years.
•Cities account for some 70 per cent of global GDP.
•No country has grown to middle-income status without industrialising and urbanising.
•In Latin American cities, poor or inadequate infrastructure is estimated to have reduced urban economic output by 10 to 15 per cent.
• In China, 50 per cent of GDP is generated in coastal urban areas, which represent 20 per cent of the country’s territory.
•Rural-to-urban migration is just one of the three drivers of urbanisation, accounting for about 25 per cent of urban population growth. The other two factors are natural population increases and the reclassification of rural areas into urban ones. (Commission of Growth and Development, 2009)
Urbanisation:
•For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s people live in cities.
•Nearly two billion new urban residents are expected in the next twenty years.
•Over 90 per cent of urban growth is occurring in developing countries, which add an estimated 70 million new urban residents each year.
•By 2030 all developing regions, including Asia and Africa, will have more people living in urban than rural areas.
•The urban population of the world’s two poorest regions, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to double over the next 20 years.
•Cities account for some 70 per cent of global GDP.
•No country has grown to middle-income status without industrialising and urbanising.
•In Latin American cities, poor or inadequate infrastructure is estimated to have reduced urban economic output by 10 to 15 per cent.
• In China, 50 per cent of GDP is generated in coastal urban areas, which represent 20 per cent of the country’s territory.
•Rural-to-urban migration is just one of the three drivers of urbanisation, accounting for about 25 per cent of urban population growth. The other two factors are natural population increases and the reclassification of rural areas into urban ones. (Commission of Growth and Development, 2009)
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