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SUMMARY:Estimating and projecting urbanization at the global level\, Thoma
 s Spoorenberg / URBDEMO
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DESCRIPTION:Thomas Spoorenberg\, United Nations Population Division\nLectu
 re series in Urban Demography organized by the URBDEMO LAB EPFL-ENAC-IA\n\
 nThe Urban Demography Lab at EPFL has the pleasure to invite you to a seri
 es of six open conferences on population dynamics and urban change in Swit
 zerland and globally.\n\nLecture 5: “Estimating and projecting urbanizat
 ion at the global level”\nPresenter: Thomas Spoorenberg\, United Nations
  Population Division\n\nAbstract: Globally\, more people live in urban are
 as than in rural areas\, with about 57 per cent of the world’s populatio
 n residing in urban areas in 2023. By 2050\, more than two thirds of the w
 orld's population is projected to be urban. These global figures mask vari
 ations by region and across countries and are based on official estimates 
 and projections from the World Urbanization Prospects\, prepared by the Un
 ited Nations Population Division. The presentation will first review chang
 es in urbanization at the global level\, before turning to the methods and
  data used by the United Nations to estimate and project urban\, rural and
  city populations. The presentation will highlight some of the challenges 
 related to the United Nations approach and discuss ongoing and future deve
 lopment in the estimation and projection of urbanization.\n\nShort biograp
 hy: Thomas Spoorenberg is currently Population Affairs Officer in the Demo
 graphic Analysis Section\, United Nations Population Division in New York.
  Since 2009\, he has worked on successive revisions of the World Populatio
 n Prospects (WPP\; the official United Nations population estimates and pr
 ojections)\, the World Urbanization Prospects (WUP\; the United Nations es
 timates and projections of urban\, rural and city populations) and was inv
 olved in various activities related to the World Population and Housing Ce
 nsus Programs. Thomas has also provided support to National Statistical Of
 fices by developing tools and methodologies\, conducting data analysis\, a
 nd building and strengthening technical and institutional capacity in vari
 ous countries in Asia\, Middle East\, and sub-Saharan Africa. Thomas studi
 ed Economic and Social History at the University of Geneva (M.A.)\, Demogr
 aphy at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium (M.Phil.) and hol
 ds a PhD in Demography from the University of Geneva.\n 
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