According to the 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects by UN DESA, urbanization could add another 2.5 billion people to urban population by 2050, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa. This unprecedented increase in urban population not only poses...

The development of Asian cities is characterised by rapid and continuous urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, with rapid economic growth led in most places by the manufacturing industry, and rapidly increasing motorisation. The result has been escalating greenhouse gas emissions, sprawling...

India is at the cusp of a major urban transition. In less than twenty years, India's urban population is expected to nearly double from 377 million today to over 600 million. Indian cities already contribute an estimated two-thirds of India's GDP, and this number is expected to rise to 75% by...

Die Broschüre informiert zunächst über die Notwendigkeit einer Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme und über die Nachhaltigkeitspolitik der Bundesregierung, die über insgesamt drei Ressorts das Programm "Forschung für die Reduzierung der Flächeinanspruchnahme und ein Nachhaltiges...