11. With rapid urbanization, many cities are also facing water scarcity.

Shanghai was a very intriguing city it's exploding on a level that I don't think any city has experienced.

Within rapidly expanding cities in developing countries, the demand for land exceeded supply.

Rapid urbanization, especially in Africa, was a threat to sustainable development and could not coexist with high population growth.

With rapid urbanization in low and middle income countries, this scenario is, however, changing fast.

(c) Average expenditure has risen rapidly in both rural and urban areas.

It's breathtaking, in terms of the speed at which this city is transforming.

Informal activities, such as selling products in markets, in the towns and cities, proliferate.

And what we would see here as a suburban development a similar thing, but they're all high rises.

The urban search and rescue response was rapid and effective in all disasters.

There has also been a rapid increase in urbanization in most non Annex I Parties.

And the innovation is moving very rapidly.

The Forum on Human Solidarity made a thought provoking presentation to Committee II, focused on the capacity of the human spirit to cope with rapid global urbanization and its implications.

The Internet is expanding very quickly.

Urban growth in developing countries is proceeding at an unprecedented rate.

However, the technology is evolving rapidly.

Mr. Richele said that, on behalf of the European Commission, he wanted to reaffirm his concern about the challenges of rapid urbanization, particularly of the urbanization of poverty.

In Asia, the rate of urbanization had been less rapid because of agricultural sector development.

The majority of countries highlight rapid urbanization and the spread of urban poverty as the fundamental causes of poor housing conditions.

The Urban Challenge in Africa Growth and Management of its Large Cities

So they created four special economic zones around Hong Kong zones where Chinese could come and work, and cities grew up very rapidly there also zones where foreign firms could come in and make things.

Knowledge for Urban Development

Their growth has been concentrated in the countryside, although since the 1980s the urban grass roots women apos s movement has been growing rapidly.

In view of a growing trend in this area, we are observing rapid growth in the urban informal sector and an increase in the incidence of hazardous employment and crime.

The strategy of the Government on regional and urban development focuses on the preparation of urban development plans, human resources development, the establishment of an Urban Regional Development Joint Commission and Technical Committees, and the creation of the Financial System for Urban Development.

Eight prominent professionals from a range of disciplines discussed the challenges of mobilizing resources in developing countries to meet the shelter needs of a world that is becoming rapidly more urbanized.

(e) Mega cities and urban development.

Mega cities and urban development

34. Sustainable development in a rapidly urbanizing world will depend to a large extent on the ability and ingenuity of urban communities and urban managers to lead the change in their current consumption patterns, bringing them into step with the carrying capacity of the ecosystems they draw upon.

115. There are mounting environmental pressures on urban areas all over the world, but they are felt most strongly in Asia s rapidly changing cities.

The booming domestic market for chocolate in Brazil has contributed considerably to the expansion of the industry and exports.

OXFORD The forces that drove the growth of European and North American cities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are now driving urbanization in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, and other emerging market countries. Because the growth of these cities has been accelerated and magnified by productive technologies, rapid internal migration, and high net reproduction rates, many have reached unprecedented sizes at breathless speed.

Cities are vital to the economic and social development of countries, yet the rapid expansion of many cities, especially in developing countries, has not been accompanied by investment in infrastructure and the environment, nor in the provision of services and supports for the increasing populations of urban poor.

Things were going along firstrate.

DJ There's a burgeoning bone trade.

5. The most daunting challenge for natural resource management will, however, come from a rapidly urbanizing world.

The National Urban Development Programme focuses on four operational areas the One Hundred Cities Programme, aiming at strengthening the capacity of cities to receive investments and promote development the programme for the consolidation of metropolitan areas the promotion of regional planning and the strengthening of the legal framework for urban development as well as the programme for the promotion of social and private sector participation in urban development.

Municipal funds to support sustainable urban development could be established.

In 2004, the second State of the World's Cities report on multicultural cities was published, highlighting the cultural dimension of cities at a time of rapid urbanization.

Given the high rate of urbanization, the prevention of disasters in urban areas (floods, landslides) as well as improved housing and access to water will contribute to stability.

(b) Development of green spaces in urban areas area of city parks .

In contrast, and because of its high level of urbanization, Latin America apos s urban population will grow by only about 1.5 per cent a year for the rest of the century.

32. The implementation of environmental management standards is rapidly growing.

Since international market integration is proceeding rapidly, Africa will have to open up and compete if it is to take advantage of the benefits of that process.

Cities and Sustainable Development