Account Quote by Eduardo Paes

The composition of our society has been changing. We [world] are becoming a more urban population. Mega-cities, those with more than 10 million residents,…

— Hari Sreenivasan

It must be acknowledged that an increasing proportion of the world's population is living in cities, in almost completely human-made environments. But we should…

— David Wong

“In 35 years, 50 percent of our population will live in our cities. Most other countries will be in a similar situation. We need…

— Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

Fifty percent of the world's population lives in cities. In a couple of decades, 70 percent of the world's population will be living in…

— Michael Bloomberg

As populations continue to increase, and the climate continues to deteriorate, and as people flock in ever increasing numbers to large, underdeveloped cities, the…

— Antonio Guterres

Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous…

— Alan Dundes

“It isn’t just the US: the half of the world’s population that lives in urban areas generates more than 80 percent of global output,…

— Charles Kenny

As more and more people adopt an urban lifestyle and cities continue to swell, not only does the risk of urban epidemics increase -…

— Seth Berkley

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by…

— Geoffrey West

How people move around their city is a big deal. It affects productivity, security, health, and global warming, among other things.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change…

— Li Keqiang

This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out of desperation,…

— Mick Cornett