urbanization are unsustainably high. Deep existing deficits in basic urban services such as housing, transit, water, sanitation and …

urban narrative. This has presented new patterns of urbanization. Utilizing comparable datasets for China, Nigeria and India … this paper examines the evolution of national urban systems under conditions of rapid urbanization. In doing so, it …

Urbanization, as such, is not perceived as a threat to the environment and development but it is unplanned urban sprawl … City has been observed as a threat to achieving sustainable urbanization. …

urbanization, and speculates on its impact on the quality of life and poverty in the context of Asian countries. After experiencing … deceleration. This questions the postulate of the epicentre of urbanization shifting to Asia. It also lends credence to the thesis … dent on macro-level aggregates. -- Water supply ; perceptions ; environmental health ; transition ; urbanization …

To find out why African countries' experience with urbanization and sustained growth appeared to differ from that of … other countries, the authors investigated the determinants of urbanization across countries over 40 years. Rather than … opportunities. If location incentives are distorted, so is growth. The authors find that urbanization levels are closely correlated …