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The new urban world 2050: perspectives, prospects and problems
Author(s) -
Kohlhase Janet E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
regional science policy and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1757-7802
DOI - 10.1111/rsp3.12001
Subject(s) - urbanization , context (archaeology) , population , geography , government (linguistics) , distribution (mathematics) , sustainability , economic growth , world population , natural resource , natural disaster , resource (disambiguation) , regional science , economic geography , development economics , political science , sociology , economics , demography , biology , mathematical analysis , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , computer network , archaeology , computer science , law , meteorology
World trends about the problems and prospects of cities are discussed in the context of the present time and up to the year 2050. In 2010, urbanization grew to encompass about 52 per cent of the world's population, and the U nited N ations projects the percentage of the population living in cities to increase to about 67 per cent by 2050. The distribution of cities within each nation is changing as are the spatial structures of population and employment locations within cities. Government organizational structures are also evolving in many areas of the world. As the likelihood of natural disasters increases over time and resource constraints become more binding, cities of the future will see themselves striving for a triumvirate of goals ‘efficiency, sustainability and resiliency’.