For the first time in history, most people in the world now live in cities. An increasing
proportion of these people are migrants. International migration is currently at an all-time …

Urbanization is increasingly being acknowledged as one of the most defining issues of the
twenty-first century. More than half of the world's population now lives in towns and cities …

The 2015 edition of the World Migration Report (WMR) was devoted to a single theme: the
relationship between migrants and the cities of the world. With more than half of the world's …

Migration is at the heart of urban growth, both as a lever of development and as a set of
challenges for cities. By 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities (UN …

The 2015 edition of the World Migration Report (WMR) was devoted to a single theme: the
relationship between migrants and the cities of the world. With more than half of the world's …

The dynamic transformation emerging from the global urbanization process is occurring at
different speeds, times and places, and migration, both within and between countries, is a …

Rapid urbanisation in developing countries is a defining feature of the 21st century, driven
by internal migration and population growth. How urbanisation processes are managed and …

Most of India's population (69 per cent, as per the 2011 Census, and 64 per cent in 2022 as
per projections; United Nations, 2022) lives in rural areas. However, the COVID-19 …

This open access book brings together different perspectives on migration and the city that
are usually discussed separately, to show the special character of the urban context as a …

Perceptions of migration have changed in the last decade. Recent global declarations
including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 2016 New York Declaration …