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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades
2021-01-07 12:55:40| Green Car Congress
Gallup, EC develop globally consistent, harmonized Degree of Urbanization variable
2019-05-09 11:57:17| Green Car Congress
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Correlation Between Urbanization and Skin Disease
2018-03-13 14:06:00| Happi Breaking News
Amorepacific joint research effort finds differences in skin microbiomes.
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Five trends in Africas rapid urbanization
2016-07-29 07:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Citiscope: Africas cities are growing fast. But the trend lines and context of that growth vary widely across the continent. Thats a major theme in the 15th edition of the African Economic Outlook, published recently by the African Development Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development and the United Nations Development Programme. The report includes an entire section devoted to the theme of sustainable cities. The 400-page publication examines both the challenges and opportunities...
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Chaotic urbanization puts cities in harm's way: UN
2016-05-27 15:07:53| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The risk of man-made and natural disasters hitting fast-growing cities is rising, and national governments must do more to help municipal authorities protect residents through better planning, the head of the U.N. agency for human settlements said. UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos said urbanization was accelerating, particularly in developing countries, while the capacity to keep it manageable was diminishing. The proportion of the global population living in urban areas has risen from...