ADVISORY-Dawn of an urban age: Features series on cities
Source: Reuters
According to United Nations data, the global urban population is poised to surpass the rural total for the first time in history around mid-2008. On Monday, December 11, Reuters will issue a special report on the world's growing and spreading cities, looking at the challenges and advantages of city life as the world prepares to enter an urban age. By 2030, two-thirds of humanity will live in cities. By that year, more than half of Africans will live in cities, making up a larger population than the whole of Europe. From east Africa's biggest slum through the gated communities of Buenos Aires to Sydney's harbour, our correspondents will look at some of the issues facing urban dwellers as cities take up more space in an increasingly vulnerable world. For clients subscribing to Reuters pictures services, related photographs will be filed. Illustrations will carry the same slug as the corresponding story. The stories will move first at 2300 GMT on Sunday, then repeated at 0700 GMT Monday, 1300 GMT, and 1800 GMT. -- Reuters is interested in your feedback on its features file. For comments and queries, please e-mail FeaturesEditors@reuters.com.
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