Daily Chart: Over half of China’s people now live in urban areas
The new demographics: how countries are coping with rapid rates of urbanisation
A look at how various countries are coping with rapidly rising rates of urbanisation and other shifting population patterns.
China prepares for soaring number of city dwellers
Urbanisation is the centrepiece of the Chinese leadership‘s next five-year plan in a country where as many as 300m people will move to cities over the following couple of decades, writes Geoff Dyer
India struggles to keep pace with urbanisation
India’s cities are not coping with supplying the necessary infrastructure to support rapidly growing populations, writes Amy Kazmin
Sway of the wealthy remains strong in Brazil’s cities
Brazil’s boom years have catapulted into the stratosphere the country’s mega-rich, who increasingly tuck themselves into expensive neighbourhoods, reports Vincent Bevins
Megacities Threaten to Choke India
This satellite image taken over India during Diwali (the festival of light) is fascinating. Politically speaking, people give too much attention to China, and not enough attention to the Indian.
