This paper summarizes and expands the state-of-the-art understanding of the urbanization, development, environment, and … inequality nexus. Economic growth/development, urbanization, and energy/electricity consumption are all highly correlated. While … urbanization may be more evidence of economic progress than a catalyst for economic growth, there is some evidence that poor …

variety of historical and contemporary sources, it shows that there exists marked variation in the age structure of the world …

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