This, along with the rapid population growth, has profoundly influenced the urban development of the city.

Rapid output growth without equally rapid capital stock or employment growth must have reflected rapid productivity growth.

High growth and urbanization have caused rapid rises in incomes in urban areas, with smaller increases in the rural areas.

Growth can be rapid.

Urban growth rate (percentage)

Will China s rapid growth persist?

led to very rapid growth there.

But Britain s rapid growth created severe problems.

The leading regions have experienced rapid growth.

The consequences of rapid urbanization, combined with poor urban governance, weak economic growth and HIV AIDS, have reached crisis proportions in cities and urban areas of much of the developing world, especially in Africa.

Most developing countries have experienced very rapid growth in their urban populations without the needed expansion in the provision of urban infrastructure and services and in the ability to provide safe and adequate shelter.

C. Population growth in large urban agglomerations

A. Population growth in large urban agglomerations

367. The most commonly cited cause for rural to urban migration is rural unemployment, resulting from the mechanization of agricultural processes and rapid rural population growth.

Rapid population growth means a bulging youth population.

Saving in China is in part a virtuous circle rapid economic growth leads to high saving, which in turn sustains rapid growth.

376. Urban infrastructure and services are often severely strained from rapid urbanization.

17. Urban growth rates, 1970 and 1990 . 107

Indeed, rapid growth in investment may translate into high import growth and trade deficits.

Yes, China s rapid growth poses challenges to the West.

The urban search and rescue response was rapid and effective in all disasters.

Rapid rates of population growth place a strain on economic growth and hence on development.

Thus, there is a need to take into consideration the rapid growth of the urban population in terms of national economy and social policies and, in particular, to prevent that it causes serious social and political problems in the urban zones.

The rapid growth of urban areas in all regions of the world, increasing disparities of income and living conditions and the high proportion of children and young people living in conditions of poverty in those urban areas all present major challenges.

China s rapid growth has been achieved at extremely high cost.

First, it depends heavily on rapid growth in foreign demand.

quot Among the constraints to development is rapid population growth.

But countries in the South can maintain their rapid growth.

This entails, first and foremost, abandoning the perception of a tradeoff between building more cities to accommodate rapid urban growth and building cities right to enhance social and environmental outcomes.

In view of a growing trend in this area, we are observing rapid growth in the urban informal sector and an increase in the incidence of hazardous employment and crime.

In the urban areas, more economic and social activities, and greater freedom of movement, expression and religion may be observed, leading to rapid population growth without the corresponding infrastructural support.

Thus, the transition from urban concentration to sub urbanization is associated with industrialization, and the transition to deconcentration is related to rapid growth of employment in the non industrial sectors.

9. Support the initiatives of Member States for subregional action and interregional cooperation, including the holding of consultation meetings to develop a plan of action to manage rapid urban growth.

This process of urban growth, however, is about to unravel.

C. Population growth in large urban agglomerations . 79 81 26

Urban growth rates and percentage of the population living in

Nor can we expect rapid GDP growth to save these countries.

Rapid economic growth in developing countries is helping to alleviate poverty.

Sustained, rapid and broad based growth is fundamental to our task.

Rapid population growth has serious and far reaching implications for their economic growth and social well being.

In China, for example, rapid economic growth after the late 1970s was associated with a significant rise in inequality. Roughly half of the increase was the result of urban rural earnings gaps, which also acted as the engine of growth.

The problem is analogous to that which arose at the beginning of the twentieth century, when rapid productivity growth in agriculture forced labor to move from rural areas to urban manufacturing centers.

In other words, urban areas were the engines of economic growth.

Highest rates of urban growth are expected in Africa and Asia.

They have coined the term Flocksourcing (Flocks Mobiles) which will help rapid generation of urban data.