1. 17 June 2005

    2005-06-17

    BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Half of humanity set to go urban

    I’m not at all sure this is a good thing.

    While the world’s urban population was just one billion in 1804, by 1985 it had risen to two billion and by 2002 it was three billion. If the trend continues, the world’s urban population will double every 38 years, say researchers.

    via Kjell Olsen2005-06-17

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