Bob Johnson
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4 days ago · Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
3 days ago · 15% of the population lived in urban centres, higher than the percentage of the population in 19th-century British India and contemporary Europe up until the 19th century.
3 days ago · The two causes of urbanisation are natural population increase and rural to urban migration. Urbanisation affects all sizes of settlements from small villages to towns to cities, leading up to the growth of mega-cities which have more than ten million people.
Jul 3, 2024 · Contemporary demographic concerns include the “population explosion,” the interplay between population and economic development, the effects of birth control, urban congestion, illegal immigration, and labour force statistics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 25, 2024 · Urban sprawl, the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterized by low-density residential housing, single-use zoning, and increased reliance on the private automobile for transportation. Learn more about the causes and impacts of urban sprawl.
- John P. Rafferty
Jun 19, 2024 · Kerala stands out as one of the most urbanised states in India, boasting an urbanisation rate of 47.71 percent, which positions it fourth among the 29 states in India in terms of urbanisation. What makes Kerala’s urbanisation journey particularly intriguing is its remarkable pace of growth.
6 days ago · World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the timing at which populations peak in size, to explore differences in population trends that characterise countries and regions today and provide insight into their future trajectories. The report also offers policy recommendations to prepare countries for a population size, age structure and ...
