World Urbanisation: The dominance of the city

In 1990 only 9% of the world's population lived in urban areas. Today the proportion is 45% and growing fast. Nearly 3 billion people now live in towns and cities. This compares with a figure of about 730 million in 1950. What are the implications of the rapid increase in the world's urban population?

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