Abstract
The report presents findings from the 2018 revision of World Urbanization Prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations or areas from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2050, as well as estimates of population size from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2030 for all urban agglomerations with 300,000 inhabitants or more in 2018. The world urban population is at an all-time high, and the share of urban dwellers, is projected to represent two thirds of the global population in 2050. Continued urbanization will bring new opportunities and challenges for sustainable development.
Keywords
UrbanizationUrban agglomerationGeographyPopulationEconomic geographyWorld populationSustainable developmentRural populationEnvironmental planningRegional scienceEconomic growthPolitical scienceDemographyEconomicsSociology
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(2019).
World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision.
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https://doi.org/10.18356/b9e995fe-en
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