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New data on urbanization and potential environmental impacts on cities

New York

13 September 2018

The seminar will present new data sources and analysis from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Division on urbanization and potential environmental impacts on cities. The first presentation will provide an overview of results and key findings from the 2018 Revision of the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. The second presentation will introduce the Population Division’s City Boundaries Database. The final presentation will discuss the risks of exposure and vulnerability to natural disasters for the world’s major urban areas, based on new Population Division data.

A panel discussion will build on the presentations and address current issues on data for urban areas and cities.

The Seminar is part of the “Population Dynamics and Environmental Change Seminar Seriesâ€�, co-hosted by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Division and convened in partnership with the CÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR), the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University, and the Population Council.

Venue: One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Floor 3, New York, NY 10017

Presenters

  • Francois Pelletier, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Division/DESA. An overview of the World Urbanization Prospects: Results and Key Findings from the 2018 Revision

  •  Sara Hertog, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Division/DESA. The Population Division’s City boundaries database

  • Danan Gu, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Division/DESA. Risks of Exposure and Vulnerability to Natural Disasters for World’s Major Urban Areas

Panel Discussion

  • Danan Gu, Sara Hertog, Francois Pelletier, John Wilmoth, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Division/DESA
  • Mark Montgomery (Population Council) 

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