Add to ORKGFor the first time, about half of the world’s population is living in urban areas (Population Reference Bureau, 2001). 95 % of the growth over the next three decades will occur in less developed countries, 60 % of which will be in Asia (especially China and India). By 2015, 16 of the world’s 24 megacities (cities with more than 10 million people) will be located in Asia. The urban transition now underway in Asia involves a volume of population much larger than any othe
Asian urbanism: three challenges In 2017, we are repeatedly reminded that we live in an urban world....
With the majority of the World’s population living in cities, and the number predicted to grow over ...
The new millennium has seen a fresh wave of world economic development especially in the Asian-Pacif...
Almost 3 billion people live in urban areas across the world – equivalent to 48 per cent of the worl...
Half of the world’s inhabitants (3.3 billion people) now live in towns and cities. And most of the w...
According to an estimate by the United Nations in 1996, the urban population ratio in Asia in 1996 w...
Today, more than half of humankind lives in towns and cities. From below 30 % in 1950, the global pr...
The world's population lives in an increasingly urbanized world. The current generation is the first...
Of the many profound changes which have swept Asia during the last half-century none have been so pr...
More than half of the people in the world now live in cities and this proportion is expected to cont...
Two defining influences of the last hundred years have been population growth and rapid urbanization...
The shift to urban living in Asia is unprecedented in speed and scale. United Nations projections su...
Asia is estimated to have had a total population of 2.9 billion inhabitants in 1990 or half the worl...
Today more than half of the 7 billion people worldwide live in cities. By 2030, 5 billion people wil...
The growth of urban areas resulting from natural increases in population and migration from rural ar...
Asian urbanism: three challenges In 2017, we are repeatedly reminded that we live in an urban world....
With the majority of the World’s population living in cities, and the number predicted to grow over ...
The new millennium has seen a fresh wave of world economic development especially in the Asian-Pacif...
Almost 3 billion people live in urban areas across the world – equivalent to 48 per cent of the worl...
Half of the world’s inhabitants (3.3 billion people) now live in towns and cities. And most of the w...
According to an estimate by the United Nations in 1996, the urban population ratio in Asia in 1996 w...
Today, more than half of humankind lives in towns and cities. From below 30 % in 1950, the global pr...
The world's population lives in an increasingly urbanized world. The current generation is the first...
Of the many profound changes which have swept Asia during the last half-century none have been so pr...
More than half of the people in the world now live in cities and this proportion is expected to cont...
Two defining influences of the last hundred years have been population growth and rapid urbanization...
The shift to urban living in Asia is unprecedented in speed and scale. United Nations projections su...
Asia is estimated to have had a total population of 2.9 billion inhabitants in 1990 or half the worl...
Today more than half of the 7 billion people worldwide live in cities. By 2030, 5 billion people wil...
The growth of urban areas resulting from natural increases in population and migration from rural ar...
Asian urbanism: three challenges In 2017, we are repeatedly reminded that we live in an urban world....
With the majority of the World’s population living in cities, and the number predicted to grow over ...
The new millennium has seen a fresh wave of world economic development especially in the Asian-Pacif...