Daily Archives: March 6, 2012

China is Now More Urban Than Rural Beacause of Population Shift

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City dwellers in China now outnumber rural dwellers for the first time as more people seek better economic opportunities, official figures show.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that there were now 690.8m people – 51.3% of China’s total 1.3bn … Continue reading →

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Populations of the world: Urbanizing (and shrinking in the west)

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Reblogged from Monastic Musings Too: UNICEF put out a great interactive graphic – a bubble for each nation of the world that’s projected to have 100,000 people or more who, in 2050, live in cities.  It’s not static, but shows … Continue reading →

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