Selected resources on Continuing Urbanisation

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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