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标题：World Urbanization Prospects: an alternative to the UN model of projection compatible with the mobility transition theory
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作者：Philippe Bocquier
期刊名称：Demographic Research
印刷版ISSN：1435-9871
电子版ISSN：1435-9871
出版年度：2005
卷号：12
页码：197-236
DOI：10.4054/DemRes.2005.12.9
出版社：Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
摘要：This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current trends based on national data and the method of projection are evaluated. The theory of mobility transition is used as an alternative hypothesis. Projections are proposed using a polynomial model and compared to the UN projections, which are based on a linear model. The conclusion is that UN projections may overestimate the urban population for the year 2030 by almost one billion, or 19% in relative term. The overestimation would be particularly more pronounced for developing countries and may exceed 30% in Africa, India and Oceania.
关键词：developed countries;developing countries;environment;model;poverty;projections;urban transition;urbanization