New York, 16 May - Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Projections show that urbanization, the gradual shift in ...

This shift is set to continue, with the urban population expected to more than double by 2050, at which point nearly 7 in 10 people will live in cities. Cities are engines of economic growth and ...

Specifically, the forecast calls for 33% of net household growth in urban and urban edge ... expected to see fewer people by 2050. For example, Mahtomedi's population is expected to drop by ...

2007 was the first year in which more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas, and by 2050 about 66 per cent of the world population will be living in cities. These megatrends have far ...

Half of the global population already lives in cities, and by 2050 two-thirds of the world's people are expected to live in urban areas. But in cities two of the most pressing problems facing the ...

As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development ... Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, a figure expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2050, posing significant ...