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Urban realities

Christian Century,  Oct 18, 2005  

1 million

Number of people worldwide who move to cities each week

2007

Estimated year when the world's population will be divided equally between rural and urban areas

1 in 3

Number of urban folks who will live in poverty by the year 2007. according to a United Nations estimate

80

Percentage of South Americans who live in cities (the highest rate in the world): 35.5 percent of them live in slums

Habitat World (September)

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