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 Urbanisation Prospects. It discusses the contribution of natural increase and the combination of rural to 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.
| ISBN: | 9789211514513 |
| Publication date: | 30th October 2009 |
| Author: | United Nations |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 55 pages |
| Genres: |
Population and demography |
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 Urbanisation Prospects. It discusses the contribution of natural increase and the combination of rural to 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.
World Population Monitoring features in the following genres: Population and demography
World Population Monitoring is available in Paperback
World Population Monitoring was written by United Nations and published by United Nations Publications
World Population Monitoring has 55 pages