Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54099 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/12
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper examines data on urbanization. We review the most commonly used data sources, and highlight the difficulties inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of urban populations across countries and over time are significant, and discuss the methods used to obtain these measurements, as well as those for projecting urbanization. We also analyze recent trends and patterns in urbanization. Finally, we describe the principal channels of urbanization and examine their relative contributions to the global urbanization process.
Subjects: 
urbanization
measurement
urban population
JEL: 
O18
R11
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-247-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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