Global urbanisation from 1950 to 2100 with Lewis Dijkstra

This presentation by Lewis Dijkstra from the European Commission analyses the brand new UN World Urbanization Prospects, with emphasis on its data collection methods and its implications. The newly released UN World Urbanization Prospects include, for the first time, data on cities, towns and rural areas based on a UN-endorsed harmonised definition called the degree of urbanisation. This is a major improvement as the national definitions of urban and rural areas are not comparable and differ widely. Furthermore, many national definitions have changed over time making time series analysis difficult. This release provides indicators not only for population, but also for land and built-up area by degree of urbanisation and for more than 12,000 individual cities. The presentation will cover the methods and data sources used to create this time series and will highlight the advantages and short comings. Finally, it will focus on what we can learn from this time series and what the important policy implications are for cities large or small across the globe. Learn more about the event at https://www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanch/e...