Urbanization: Cities matter
In 1900, just 14% of the world’s population lived in cities. By 2000, 47% had moved into cities, and projections are 60% within 25 years (2030). Source.
posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 5/02/2006 02:56:00 PM
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3 Comments:
wow, what a great stat. hope you don't mind if I put it on the homepage and give you credit for finding it.
Go for it.
and 1 in 12 people in the world live in an Indian village.
the missionfield is cities and villages but the Church is so obsessed about the suburbs. something is not right.
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