World Urbanization Prospects
Demographic ResearchPublished 4 May 2005Open access
Philippe Bocquier
Citations1,770
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SNIP1.30
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This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current trends based on national data and the method of projection are evaluated. The theory of mobility transition is used as an alternativ
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