Emerging Visions for Sustainable Urbanization

An alternative model for evaluating sustainable urbanization

In recent years, there has been rapid urbanization worldwide, resulting in both benefits and problems. Sustainable urbanization has become an important aspect in promoting sustainable development. Existing studies have introduced various methodologies to guide urbanization towards sustainable practices. The application of these methods has contributed to improving urban sustainability. To furth...

Urbanization--an emerging humanitarian disaster.

I 2008, the proportion of the world’s population living in urban areas crossed the 50% mark. The current rates of urbanization suggest that in China, 870 million people — more than half the population — will be living in cities within less than a decade, and the capital of Botswana, Gaborone, will grow from 186,000 to 500,000 inhabitants by 2020.1 Most observers believe that essentially all pop...

Urbanization and Emerging Population Issues

ii ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ivan Turok has researched and written extensively on urban and regional development and policy in the global north and south. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The paper draws on research undertaken for the 2011 State of South African Cities Report. Considerable thanks are due to the South African Cities Network for supporting that work. I am also grateful to Gerbrand Mans of the CSIR for hi...

SuStainable urbanization in aSia and latin america

visions for future

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