In 2008, the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: For the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their future, the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth.
Last week, UNFPA’s new State of World Population Report was published. Read more about it online or download the report….
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1 2007 - An Overview off the paved paths at // world citizen // Dec 26, 2007 at 1:36 pm
[...] • 2008 will be a year in which the majority of the population lives in (mega)cities. [...]
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