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Airbus: emerging markets and urbanization driving air passenger traffic growth; up 4.7% annually for next 20 years
2014-09-25 14:30:37| Green Car Congress
World Bank chief urges China to better manage urbanization
2013-09-18 12:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China must plan its massive urbanization better to limit environmental damage and to ensure that millions of migrants benefit more from the process, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on Wednesday. In the past 30 years, China's urban population has jumped to more than 700 million from less than 200 million. The dramatic shift sometimes has triggered violent clashes over expropriation of farmland for development, as well as water shortages, pollution and other problems. "China is well...
China should pursue 'high-quality' urbanization: top economic planning body
2013-09-12 04:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China must plan scientifically for "high-quality" urbanization that is human-oriented and energy-saving, a senior official at the country's top economic planning agency said in remarks published on Thursday. China's leaders have an ambitious plan to boost the urban population by 400 million over the next decade, a key plank in a reform effort to restructure the economy away from credit and export growth to one where consumers provide the main impetus. Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice head of the National...
What's the Impact of China's Rapid Urbanization?
2013-08-21 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Chinas Urban Billion is a blog series exploring Chinas urbanization process. Over the coming months, Xiaomei Tan will guide readers through Chinas opportunities and challenges as it transforms into an urbanized society. We will examine the urbanization process as it relates to governance, the private and public sectors, and the economy. This is the first post in this series. It originally appeared on TheCityFix.com. The simultaneous, rapid urbanization of China and India is unprecedented-in...
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Strong Growth Forecast for John Deere From Population Growth and Urbanization.
2013-07-22 03:37:39| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
John Deere's strategy is to expand revenues and profits aggressively to meet increasing global demand for agricultural and construction machinery throughout the world.
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