More than 78 of the urban population in the world s least developed countries, and one third of the global urban population, lives in slums.

Women accounted for a slightly higher percentage of the rural population than of the urban population.

According to the RUAF Foundation, urban farming is different from rural agriculture because it is integrated into the urban economic and ecological system urban agriculture is embedded in and interacting with the urban ecosystem.

Illiteracy was high (24.18 ) among the rural population and lower (9.05 ) among the urban population.

Residents of rural areas in endemic locations are at highest risk Japanese encephalitis does not usually occur in urban areas.

One quarter of China s people drink substandard water one third of urbanites breathe badly polluted air.

In international comparison the importance of these urban areas is stronger than their number of inhabitants suggests.

According to the CSA, , 38.98 of the total population had access to safe drinking water, of whom 21.32 were rural inhabitants and 77.21 were urban.

Their example is one that emerging country urbanites everywhere should seek to emulate.

By 2050, Earth s population will be more than nine billion, and more than two thirds will live in urban areas.

From 1970 to 2010, India s urban population grew by 250 million.

In 2007, 72 of the European population lived in urban areas, which are key to growth and employment.

of population living in extreme poverty

Demographics 2005 estimates place Chad's population at 10,146,000 25.8 live in urban areas and 74.8 in rural ones.

Official estimates put the population of Kazakhstan at 16.455 million as of February 2011, of which 46 is rural and 54 is urban.

Nevertheless, employment continues to be the most acute problem for the population of Nicaragua, especially for young people in both urban and rural areas and for rural women.

More than half of the world's population now lived in urban areas and their lifestyles and consumption patterns had a major impact on the environment.

Thus, there is a need to take into consideration the rapid growth of the urban population in terms of national economy and social policies and, in particular, to prevent that it causes serious social and political problems in the urban zones.

The bank has 38 branches, primarily concentrated in urban and semi urban areas.

In 2011, the urban share of the Chinese population surpassed 50 for the first time, reaching 51.3 , compared to less than 20 in 1980.

In most least developed countries, the poor are usually rural small scale subsistence farmers, as in sub Saharan Africa and other regions, or urban people engaged in the informal sector.

The world's population is becoming increasingly urban and three quarters of the urban population growth is occurring in developing countries. Cities in the developing world are characterized by inadequately planned and overcrowded settlements without access to even basic urban services.

As it transformed itself into the factory of the world, the share of China s urban population jumped from 26.4 in 1990 to around 53 today.

Demographics In 2005, the estimated population of the entire area under the jurisdiction of Jinan City was 5.69 million, with a total of 2.54 million living in urban areas.

75 of the population is urban.

Most universities are located in urban areas.

Urban population and protein consumption data could be used to obtain activity data to estimate emissions from domestic waste water handling.

Of these, 248,964 (99.4 ) lived in urban areas and 1,384 (0.6 ) in rural areas.

Over the next 15 years, the growth in the world population will be absorbed mainly by urban areas of developing countries, and the world's population will become more urban than rural.

TB centers in urban areas outnumber those in rural areas.

This is in keeping with the general trend in the world that more specialized care is available in urban centers than in rural areas due to better support facilities in the urban centers.

The incidence of poverty is higher in rural than in urban areas (54 per cent of rural and 30 per cent of urban households can be classified as poor).

Around 50 per cent of the population, especially the urban population, is connected to the sewage system, while the rural population in most cases dispose of liquid waste by depositing it in permeable or semi permeable tanks.

Other urban facilities will also be in strong demand, because China s urban population will continue to increase massively for the foreseeable future.

About 85 of the population live in urban areas.

The coverage is urban in all countries.

Responding to sanitation needs in urban and rural areas

With regard to assessment in terms of access to basic services of rural and urban poor, hilltribe and other ethnic groups, statistics show that 64 per cent of people in the urban area and 88 per cent in the rural parts of the country have access to the 30 baht health scheme.

Of these, 1,952 (81.6 ) lived in urban areas and 440 (18.4 ) in rural areas.

The provision of family planning services in the city differs from that in rural areas, because the centres for reproductive health that have been set up are located mainly in cities and districts, which limits the broad access of the rural population to those types of medical services.

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

Table 3.4 Urban unemployment and working time in rural areas in 2001 ( )

The sex ratio was 106 in rural areas, compared to 91 in urban areas.

Malawi continues to establish youth centres in urban and rural areas.

There is virtually no information on Internet access by enterprises disaggregated by urban or rural areas, although it is likely that results for some countries have a strong bias towards urban areas.