CITB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urban Revolution
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The urban revolution published in town planning review. Stages of human development marked by three revolutions. We are now in the digital period. In asia and africa regions, majority still lives in rural areas. Urbanization refers to the transition of a geographic area from rural to urban and the condition of being urbanized. Note that the level of urbanization does not . 54% of the world"s population is now urban. The americas and europe are the most urbanized regions. The global rural population will not grow significantly. Striking difference in trends and projections between developed and less developed regions. Urban population grows at a faster rate than world"s population at large. The world"s population growth in the 21st century will be almost entirely urban. For the first time in human history, urban dwellers outnumber the rural population. Population growth will be particularly rapid in urban areas of less developed regions.
