Archive for April 28, 2011
- Every second, the urban population grows by 2 people.
- 95% of the urban expansion in the next decades will take place in the developing world.
- In Africa and Asia, the urban population is expected to double between 2000 and 2030.
- Between 1998 and 2008, 1052 million urban dwellers gained access to improved drinking water and 813 million to improved sanitation. However, the urban population in that period grew by 1089 million people and thus undermined the progress. Read more
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