Cities boom
If you live in Bombay or Dhaka, get used to overcrowding now because things are only going to get worse. People who live in Osaka or London - feel free to stretch - growth in your cities is slowing down.
Wired News has this story,
The Geography of Change, which claims that by the end of this century, 50% of people will live in cities (it was 10% at the start of the 20th century). By far, the greatest city growth will be ouside the developed world. Read the full story and see the visuals at
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/atlas_spc.html.
Posted by belinda at May 15, 2003 10:29 AM