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Consensus statement of the First Xiamen International Forum on Urban Environment: Urban environment - significant issues and research directions
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International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
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August 1, 2008
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Participants of the First Xiamen International Forum on Urban Environment
Urbanisation is characterised by urban population growth, increases in the number of urban dwellings, and expansion of urban, suburban and exurban landscapes. The twentieth century witnessed the most rapid urbanisation in human history. The global urban population increased from a mere 13% in 1900 to more than 50% in 2007. The world is therefore becoming an urbanised global village.
Urbanisation patterns and processes differ between developing and developed countries, as do motivations and consequences, with both favourable and unfavourable socioeconomic impacts. Nevertheless, urbanisation is changing the ways that ...