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The expansion of urban land consumption outpaces population growth by as much as 50%, which is expected to add 1.2 million km² of new urban built-up area to the world by 2030. Such sprawl puts pressure on land and natural resources, resulting in undesirable outcomes; cities represent two-thirds of global energy consumption and account for more ...
Urbanization in the country is dominated by the Bangkok urban area, which at 9.6 million people in 2010 almost joined the ranks of the megacities of the region. The Bangkok urban area grew from 1,900 square kilometers to 2,100 between 2000 and 2010, making it the fifth-largest urban area in East Asia in 2010, larger than megacities such as ...
Growing from 270 square kilometers to 420 between 2000 and 2010 (4.4% a year), it surpassed George Town and Ipoh to become the second-largest urban area in the country. Malaysia is among the more urbanized countries of East Asia, and its urban population continues to increase rapidly. However, urban areas in Malaysia are among the least dense ...
Advancing Climate Action and Resilience through an Urban Lens. Overview. Cities are on the frontlines of the global climate emergency. Although cities occupy only 2% of land area, they consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy and account for over 70% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Cities are also the world’s major growth ...
At a glance. Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, a figure expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2050, posing significant challenges for housing, infrastructure, and climate resilience. The World Bank is addressing these issues by investing $5 billion annually in sustainable urban development, focusing on enhancing planning ...
Building stronger capacities to plan, implement, and finance urban development. It will be necessary to tailor many of the policy actions required to ACT according to the type of place. For example, according to whether an urban area is a large metropolis, such as Jakarta or Surabaya, or a smaller, less connected urban area such as Bima.
These areas marginalize and exclude residents, and can have a long-term negative effect on their upward mobility. Regenerating Urban Land: A Practitioner’s Guide to Leveraging Private Investment looks at regeneration programs from eight cities around the world – Ahmedabad, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, Santiago, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai ...
Guinea Urban Sector Review – Planning, Connecting and Financing English, French (2019) This study looks into the challenges and opportunities posed by urbanization in Guinea, reviewing briefly the trends at the national level but focusing on the urban area of Conakry. The main reasons for focusing on the urban area of Conakry are the following.
Although the absolute amount of new built-up area was small, the rate of urban spatial expansion was the second fastest after Lao PDR: 4.3% a year, on average. Cambodia also has among the smallest but fastest-growing urban populations, growing at 4.4% a year from 920,000 people to 1.4 million between 2000 and 2010.
Urban Development Portfolio in Romania. 76% of Romanians live in a city or in a suburban area and these areas generate 97% of Romania’s economic output (calculated using the new global methodology for degree of urbanization). Getting urbanization right does not benefit only urban residents and the country’s growth, but also the remaining 24 ...