Selected resources on Continuing Urbanisation

Strategic Foresight

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Urbanisation data, reports and forecasts;
UN-HABITAT - the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future;
UNISDR - UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction;
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund, State of the World Population, (2017);
UN-HABITAT
- World cities report 2016, (2016);
- State of the world cities 2012/2013, (2013)
UN, World urbanization prospects, (2014);
The New Urban Agenda, setting the urbanisation agenda to 2030;
The World Bank - Urban Development;
Arcadis - Design & Consultancy for natural and built assets, Sustainable Cities Index;
PwC Megatrends: Rapid urbanisation;
GEO - Group on Earth Observations, GEO Human Planet Initiative: Spatial Modelling of Impact, Exposure and Access to Resources, (2017-2019);
URBACHINA (Sustainable Urbanisation in China: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Report Summary, (2015); - (Mega-trends towards 2050) (Funded under EC FP7-SSH);
EEA - European Environment Agency:
- Stronger measures needed to tackle harm from air pollution, (2016);
- Living in an urban world, (2014);
GCEC - Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Unlocking the Power of Urban Transport Systems for Better Growth and a Better Climate (PDF), (2016);
OECD - Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development, The Metropolitan Century; Understanding Urbanization and its Consequences, (2015);
Bloomberg, A $6.8 Trillion Price Tag for China's Urbanization, (2014);
The World Bank, World Development Report 2009 - Reshaping Economic Geography (PDF), (2009).

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Selected resources on Continuing Urbanisation

Giving LIFE to turtles by protecting new nesting sites

The Copernicus services managed by ECMWF contribute to BAMS State of the Climate 2025

Safe and Sustainable by Design Chemicals and Materials. Revised framework (2025)

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