Introduction: Reclaiming Small Towns
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Most books dealing with cities start with international statistics on urbanisation. These figures underline the shift towards an urban world. For instance, it is common to begin by stating, after the UN, that since 2014, 54 % of the world population lives in cities, and that the least urbanised continents, Africa and Asia, are also those experiencing the most rapid urbanisation. We also open with this important fact, because it underlines the point of departure of this book and its content that interrogates anew the definition of the urban, the scope of the urban world and the urban transition process itself. It brings
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