Transcription of URBAN PLANNING: CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
URBAN PLANNING: CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES . Mila Freire 1. 1. Senior Adviser, Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency, The World Bank L nea III. Desarrollo urbano. Ciudad sostenible 1. URBAN planning: CHALLENGES in DEVELOPING COUNTRIES We're just passing one of the great milestones in human history. It is fundamental, in the sense that the Industrial Revolution in Britain was fundamental. For the first time in history, a majority of the world's six billion people are living in cities. Between 2000 and 2025, the world's URBAN population will double. (Sir Peter Hall, 2005). The advent of 2007 marks the year when, for the first time in the history of humanity, half the world's population will be living in cities. URBAN populations are expected to increase by billion over the next 20 years, while the number of megacities will double.
Urban planning: challenges in developing countries 3 technology and information. This has been the particular case in China, Korea and other Asian countries where cities play a key role, in terms of liberalization and links with other cities. …
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}