UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, URBANIZATION, INTERNAL MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

New York, 21-23 January 2008

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DOCUMENTS

• Objectives of the Meeting
• Organization of Work
• List of Participants
• List of Papers

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• An overview of urbanization, internal migration, population distribution and development in the world
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/01 - United Nations Population Division
• Preparing for sustainable urban growth in developing areas
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/02 - George Martine
• The effects of exclusionary housing policies on urban development: evidence from Brazil
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/03 - J. Vernon Henderson
• The planning and governance of Asia's mega-urban regions
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/04 - Aprodicio A. Laquian
• Internal labour migration in China: trends, geographical distribution and policies
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/05 - Kam Wing Chan
• Spatial distribution of the population, internal migration and development in Latin America and the Caribbean
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/06 - Jorge Rodriguez
• The changing nature of urban and rural areas in the UK and other European countries
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/07 - Anthony Champion
  
• Is urban growth good for rural India?
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/08 - Roopa Purushothaman
• Links between rural and urban development in Africa and Asia
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/09 - Cecilia Tacoli
  
• Social and environmental aspects of peri-urban growth in Latin American megacities
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/10 - Haroldo da Gama Torres
• The health of urban populations in developing countries
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/11 - Mark R. Montgomery
• Progress towards the child mortality Millennium Development Goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/12 - Nyovani Janet Madise
• Cities in transition: demographics and the development of cities
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/13 - Nefise Bazoglu
• Urban system planning in China: the case of the Pearl River Delta
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/15 - Mee Kam Ng
• Climate change and urbanization: effects and implications for urban governance
  UN/POP/PD/EGM-URB/2008/16 - David Satterthwaite
• Demographic aspects of climate change, environmental degradation and armed conflict
  UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/18 - Henrik Urdal
  

PRESENTATIONS

• Urban population distribution and the rising risks of climate change - Deborah Balk
• An overview of urbanization, internal migration, population distribution and development in the world - Jorge Bravo
• The changing nature of urban and rural areas in the United Kingdom and other European
  countries - Anthony Champion
• Internal labor migration in China: trends, geographical distribution and policies - Kam Wing Chan
• Peri-Urban Growth in Latin America - Haroldo da Gama Torres
• Cities in transition: significance of demographics in shaping development levels - Gebre-Egziabher
• World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision - Gerhard Heilig
• Exclusionary policies in urban development:  Brazil - Vernon Henderson
• The planning and governance of Asia’s mega-urban regions - Aprodicio A. Laquian
• Progress towards the child mortality MDG in urban sub-Saharan Africa - Nyovani Janet Madise
• Globalization and urban environmental change in the Asia Pacific Region - Peter J. Marcotullio
• Preparing for sustainable urban growth in developing areas - George Martine
• The health of urban populations in developing countries - Mark R. Montgomery
• Urban growth patterns - Eduardo López Moreno
• Urban system planning in China: the case of the Pearl River Delta - Mee Kam Ng
• Is urban growth good for rural India? - Roopa Purushothaman
• Spatial distribution of population and internatal migration in Latin America: what's staying and what's changing? - Jorge Rodríguez V.
• Climate change & urbanization: effects and implications for urban governance - David Satterthwaite
• The links between rural and urban development in Africa and Asia - Cecilia Tacoli
• Demographic aspects of climate change, environmental degradation and armed conflict - Henrik Urdal