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Today the most significant factor underlying the potential for sustainable development is urbanization. Urbanization is dominated by three factors: population growth, rural-urban migration, and subsequent urban expansion. Whereas today, nearly half of the world’s population is living in urban settlements, this ratio will increase to more than 70% by 2025. The number of so-called million cities and mega cities is growing unremittingly. By 2015, the number of cities with more than one million inhabitants is estimated to be about 300 worldwide.
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Keiner, M. (2004). Sustainable Development and Urban Management in Developing Countries: The Case of Africa. In: Koll-Schretzenmayr, M., Keiner, M., Nussbaumer, G. (eds) The Real and Virtual Worlds of Spatial Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10398-2_4
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