For most of humanity,
humans have predominantly worked the land and lived a rural lifestyle. Two
centuries ago, only three per cent of the world population lived in urban
areas. The past 65 years has brought unprecedented urban growth. The urban
population was 746 million in 1950 and it is now 3.9 billion. We are in the age
of mega cities and Tokyo is the world’s largest with a population of 38 million in
an area of just 14000km2.
In comparison, the greater
Dublin area has a population of nearly 2 million in a space of about 10,130 km2.
In Ireland, 60 percent of the population live in urban areas and this is
expected to reach 75 percent by 2050. The Irish population is also expected to
grow by more than one million between now and 2050. That is a lot of population
displacement.
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