Population predictions for the world’s largest cities in the 21st century

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 195-216

  Hoornweg, Daniel ^a   Pope, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

21st century; cities; population projection; urban areas

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85019022146     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247816663557     Document Type: Article

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