The contours of a new urban world? Megacity population growth and density since 1975

Charlotte Hoole, Stephen Hincks, Alasdair Rae

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Abstract

The problems posed by rapid and large-scale urbanisation are complex, and are recognised in the UN’s New Urban Agenda; a declaration of intent that aims to meet such challenges head-on facilitated by the systematic tracking and analysis of global urban growth and change. In this context, the release in 2016 of new small-area Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) data was said to represent a unique opportunity to facilitate comparative global analyses of urban change dynamics and, perhaps somewhat idealistically, move forward progressive planning agendas. We therefore focus on population growth and density in 30 major urban agglomerations using the GHSL in order to shed light on the scale and extent of global urbanisation over the past four decades and to interrogate the potential role of the GHSL in tracking urban change.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)653-678
Number of pages26
JournalTown Planning Review
Volume90
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • population
  • density
  • growth
  • GHSL
  • New Urban Agenda
  • megacity
  • megaurban

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