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Dramatic uneven urbanization of large cities throughout the world in recent decades

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ID23316632
AuthorsLiqun Sun (0000-0002-2637-7151, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ji Chen (0000-0002-9476-1737, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Qinglan Li (0000-0002-6912-1156, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Dian Huang (0000-0002-4833-2376, National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen)
Year2020
Volume11
Issue1
Pages5366-5366
Publication date2020-10-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2041-1723 • E-ISSN: 2041-1723
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1038/s41467-020-19158-1
PMID33097712
OpenAlexW3094044388
LanguageEN
Citations received123
References cited37

The world has experienced dramatic urbanization in recent decades. However, we still lack information about the characteristics of urbanization in large cities throughout the world. After analyzing 841 large cities with built-up areas (BUAs) of over 100 km 2 from 2001 to 2018, here we found an uneven distribution of urbanization at different economic levels. On average, large cities in the low-income and lower-middle-income countries had the highest urban population growth, and BUA expansion in the upper-middle-income countries was more than three times that of the high-income countries. Globally, more than 10% of BUAs in 325 large cities showed significant greening ( P

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