World Population Monitoring Focusing on Population Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and Development - The Concise Report |
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| United Nations Staff, |
| Series title: | Population Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-92-1-151451-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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This report reviews trends in and prospects for urban and rural population growth and changes in the population of cities based on the 2007 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. It discusses the contribution of natural increase and the combination of rural-urban migration and reclassification to the growth of the urban population. It considers the importance of different types of internal migration and describes the implications of population distribution for urban and rural...
More DescriptionThis report reviews trends in and prospects for urban and rural population growth and changes in the population of cities based on the 2007 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. It discusses the contribution of natural increase and the combination of rural-urban migration and reclassification to the growth of the urban population. It considers the importance of different types of internal migration and describes the implications of population distribution for urban and rural dependency ratios.