Economic growth has also resulted in rising levels of urbanization.

Secondly, population growth and density into cities.

The least urbanized continent, Africa, is due to experience the highest urban growth rate.

Increasing urbanization

37. The migration and urbanization processess of the past 20 years have been characterized by a higher rate of growth of medium sized cities as compared with metropolitan Lima.

We will have games. The people of the city will be fed.

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

The number of motor vehicles in the city has increased.

But today, finally, after economic reforms, and economic growth, I think the notion that cities are engines of economic growth, cities are engines of creativity, cities are engines of innovation, have finally been accepted.

An increase in the number of cars will affect the urban environment.

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A. Growing ecological footprints of cities

Growth in number of member cities, 1992 1995

The world is becoming increasingly urban.

The world's population is becoming increasingly urban and three quarters of the urban population growth is occurring in developing countries.

As most of the returnees settle in urban areas, there has been an estimated 6 per cent annual growth rate in the urban population.

About 150,000 people are added to the urban population of developing countries every day, and most of this growth happens in large cities.

Urban poor Urban resources Urban sustainability Urban services Urban disasters and reconstruction.

Urban cultures Urban realities Urban governance Urban renaissance.

The number of cities covered was expanded to 17 in 1988, and to 23 in 1994

In cities, the need for domestic workers has increased.

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

This increase applies only to libraries in cities.

UN Habitat was therefore to be commended for its Sustainable Cities Programme and for the Global Urban Observatory.

Urban planning had to focus on the urban poor because ignoring the increase in poverty amounted to violence against the people.

As the level of urbanization in China continues to increase, the urban population has increased rapidly, and a large number of rural young people have left their hometowns to start urban life.

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

In other words, urban areas were the engines of economic growth.

There is certainly a need to address urban poverty by promoting the role of cities as engines of economic growth and social development.

Urban areas have also become the engine of growth for the developing countries, currently contributing to more than half of the gross domestic product.

There were three plenary meetings, partners' dialogues on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic dialogues on urban poor, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

An additional 46,300 housing units are planned for the entire city.

The study concludes that the main factors contributing to this increase in demand will be urbanization and motorization which are linked urban phenomena.

There is a great need to improve urban conditions, but at the same time we also wish to reduce the rate at which the urban centre population grows.

Instead, investment and construction must be aligned with the future influx of urban dwellers. The ghost city critique misses this point entirely.

A city. A particular city.

By the year 2020, the population of our city will have doubled.

And out of those, nine tenths of the human growth population is occurring in cities.

Over time, urbanization was unavoidable as cities remained the centre of economic growth and attracted people searching for better living conditions.

Increased rural to urban migration and the increase in the number of different ethnic groups that occupy the same urban space often result in social tension and conflicts.

Most of the population growth of the next 50 years will be in cities.

This, no doubt, is the reason why a million people a week are gathering in cities.

36. The growth of the urban population has not occurred as a result of the industrialization process.

The urban population growth rate in 1993 was less than that of 1980, yet still positive.

Growing Up In Cities (GUIC)