stillgoingnative » population dynamics http://www.stillgoingnative.com Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 mgi : china’s urban billion http://www.stillgoingnative.com/2009/01/06/mgi-chinas-urban-billion/ http://www.stillgoingnative.com/2009/01/06/mgi-chinas-urban-billion/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:10:26 +0000 tony http://www.stillgoingnative.com/?p=1616 McKinsey Global Institute has an interesting summary of a study from early 2008 about trends in China’s urbanization – if present patterns continue, China in 2025 will have 1 billion urbanites. An exhibit (link on the right side of the summary page) allows you to compare a number of urbanization patterns with different variables (population, gdp, energy, floor space…) Current trends in population for 2025:

chinatrendpopulation1

Research for the project would have been conducted prior to the popularization of rural reforms, which (if successful) might indicate that the “Hub and Spoke” pattern is more likely; assuming I’m reading their methodology (and the rhetoric) correctly:

chinahubpopulation

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