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Urban Expansion and Land Use Changes in Asia and Africa

Urban Expansion and Land Use Changes in Asia and Africa Prologue Environment and Urbanization ASiA Urban Expansion and Land Use 12(1S) 13S–17S, 2021 © 2021 National institute Changes in Asia and Africa of Urban Affairs (NiUA) Reprints and permissions: in.sagepub.com/journals-permissions-india DOi: 10.1177/0975425321999081 journals.sagepub.com/home/eua 1 1 Ya Ping Wang and Keith Kintrea Trends in Urbanization and Land Cover Changes Over 56% of the world’s population now lives in cities, and the world is still urbanizing fast especially in Africa and Asia, with the urban population expected to reach 60% by 2030 (United Nations, 2019). Urbanization is widely seen as a main innovative and transformative driving force for economic development, social progress and political and societal change (UN-Habitat, 2020). Most cities included in the UK Research and Innovation supported Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) project on Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) have experienced continuous and large-scale economic development, population growth, land use changes and sprawl since the turn of the century. In this process, larger cities and national capitals received more migrants and experienced faster economic transformation. Delhi, for example, saw its population increased by 3.4 million to 16.3 million between 2001 and 2011, a 2.4% increase per annum; the city experienced an even faster annual population growth http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environment and Urbanization Asia SAGE

Urban Expansion and Land Use Changes in Asia and Africa

Wang, Ya Ping; Kintrea, Keith
Environment and Urbanization Asia , Volume 12 (1_suppl): 5 – Mar 1, 2021
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Prologue Environment and Urbanization ASiA Urban Expansion and Land Use 12(1S) 13S–17S, 2021 © 2021 National institute Changes in Asia and Africa of Urban Affairs (NiUA) Reprints and permissions: in.sagepub.com/journals-permissions-india DOi: 10.1177/0975425321999081 journals.sagepub.com/home/eua 1 1 Ya Ping Wang and Keith Kintrea Trends in Urbanization and Land Cover Changes Over 56% of the world’s population now lives in cities, and the world is still urbanizing fast especially in Africa and Asia, with the urban population expected to reach 60% by 2030 (United Nations, 2019). Urbanization is widely seen as a main innovative and transformative driving force for economic development, social progress and political and societal change (UN-Habitat, 2020). Most cities included in the UK Research and Innovation supported Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) project on Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) have experienced continuous and large-scale economic development, population growth, land use changes and sprawl since the turn of the century. In this process, larger cities and national capitals received more migrants and experienced faster economic transformation. Delhi, for example, saw its population increased by 3.4 million to 16.3 million between 2001 and 2011, a 2.4% increase per annum; the city experienced an even faster annual population growth

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