Dramatic uneven urbanization of large cities throughout the world in recent decades

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 5366 - 9
• Main Authors: Sun, Liqun, Chen, Ji, Li, Qinglan, Huang, Dian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.10.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/844/685; 706/134; Cities; Economics; Greening; Humanities and Social Sciences; Income; multidisciplinary; Population growth; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sustainable development; Ultrasound; Urban development; Urban populations; Urban sprawl; Urbanization

The world has experienced dramatic urbanization in recent decades. However, we still lack information about the characteristics of urbanization in large cities throughout the world. After analyzing 841 large cities with built-up areas (BUAs) of over 100 km 2 from 2001 to 2018, here we found an uneve...