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World Bank chief urges China to better manage urbanization

2013-09-18 12:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: China must plan its massive urbanization better to limit environmental damage and to ensure that millions of migrants benefit more from the process, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on Wednesday. In the past 30 years, China's urban population has jumped to more than 700 million from less than 200 million. The dramatic shift sometimes has triggered violent clashes over expropriation of farmland for development, as well as water shortages, pollution and other problems. "China is well...

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