Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities

One of the main facts about contemporary urbanization consists on the accelerated increase in the number of megacities. Megacities have been defined by the United Nations (UN) as urban concentrations containing more than 10 million people (United Nations, 2010). In 1950 there were only two metropoli...

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Autor principal: Sobrino, Jaime - Autor/a
Formato: Text draft Doc. de trabajo / Informes
Lenguaje:Eng
Publicado: CEDUA-COLMEX 2017
Materias:
Crecimiento demográfico
Ciudades
Urbanismo
Desarrollo urbano
Acceso en línea:http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/collect/mx/mx-003/index/assoc/D12695.dir/pdf_803.pdf
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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collection Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
language Eng
topic Crecimiento demográfico
Ciudades
Urbanismo
Desarrollo urbano
spellingShingle Crecimiento demográfico
Ciudades
Urbanismo
Desarrollo urbano
Sobrino, Jaime - Autor/a
Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
topic_facet Crecimiento demográfico
Ciudades
Urbanismo
Desarrollo urbano
description One of the main facts about contemporary urbanization consists on the accelerated increase in the number of megacities. Megacities have been defined by the United Nations (UN) as urban concentrations containing more than 10 million people (United Nations, 2010). In 1950 there were only two metropolis with that reaching that number (New York and Tokyo), while in 1980 two more were added (Mexico City and Säo Paolo), and for 2010 there were 21, where 324 million people were living, 4.7% of the world population. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the evolution of megacities from a demographic perspective, their role on the urban national systems where they are located, and their economic and competitiveness importance in the global sphere.
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title Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
title_short Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
title_full Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
title_fullStr Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
title_full_unstemmed Urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
title_sort urban demographic growth : the case of megacities
publisher CEDUA-COLMEX
publishDate 2017
url http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/collect/mx/mx-003/index/assoc/D12695.dir/pdf_803.pdf
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