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 …

monitoring of SDGs. The report Cities in the World: A New Perspective on Urbanisation addresses this void and provides new … economic development and the metropolitan system in countries around the world. Finally, it presents new evidence on the …

Could urbanization lead to more democracy and better government for the mega-cities of the developing world? This paper …. Urbanization may improve the quality of poor-world governments, but more research is needed to draw that conclusion … reviews three channels through which urbanization may generate political change. First, cities facilitate coordinated public …

those in all counties), the gap between the urbanization rate of China and that of the world average becomes much wider …Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the real urbanization level in China so as to provide a measurement …. Nowadays, China has already stepped into the period of post-industrialization, with its urbanization rate (UR) of permanent …