Monday, April 9, 2007

some interesting facts about cities

found at this web site: http://www.cbc.ca/cityspace

a new news program running in Canada in conjuction with the UN forum going on in the City of Vancouver this week...

FACT: By 2015, it is expected that there will be 23 cities with a population over 10 million.


FACT: By 2010, the top five most populated cities in the world will be: Tokyo 26.4 million | Mumbai 23.6 million | Lagos 20.2 million | Sao Paulo 19.7 million | Mexico City 18.7 million

FACT: By 2030, Asia and Africa will both have higher numbers of city dwellers than any other major area of the world.

lots of interesting stories to look at, listen to and watch on the website as well as an interesting interactive map>

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