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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-20T20:40:36Z
dc.date.available2021-04-20T20:40:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.description.abstractIt is now widely accepted that the future is urban. Over 55 percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas in 2018; by 2050, this proportion will grow to two-thirds. The United Nations calls urbanization one of four “demographic mega-trends” (UNDESA 2019), along with population growth, aging, and international migration. Yet patterns of urbanization are highly heterogeneous, both within and across countries. Asia and Africa will see both the largest numbers of urban dwellers and the fastest growth in urbanization. In fact, seven of the ten countries with the fastest projected urbanization rates between 2018 and 2050 are located in Africa. Burundi is expected to urbanize fastest in the coming decades, followed by Nepal and Malawi. Although global urbanization will continue, its pace is expected to slow in the future, with both the absolute size of the urban population and the proportion of urban dwellers likely to grow less rapidly (UNDESA 2019). Already, we are beginning to see shrinking cities in some parts of Eastern Europe, where both total population and urban population are declining. Since urbanization and urban growth are so disparate across geographies, the implications of these trends are also very localized. As Part II of this chapter, we highlight some global demographic trends and their implications for urban areas, while Part III will highlight some regional trends.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/260581617988607640/Demographic-Trends-and-Cities-Framing-the-Report
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/35469
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35469
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectURBAN TRENDS
dc.subjectCITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPANDEMIC IMPACT
dc.titleDemographic Trends and Urbanizationen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleDemographic Trends and Urbanization
okr.date.disclosure2021-04-09
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T12:07:45.988658Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Urban Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/260581617988607640/Demographic-Trends-and-Cities-Framing-the-Report
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okr.identifier.report158009
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/260581617988607640/pdf/Demographic-Trends-and-Cities-Framing-the-Report.pdfen
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.unitUrban GP (SURGP)
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