Future urbanisation, how will your city change over the next decades

This event will present the new UN World Urbanization Prospects and the first ever projections of how each city in the globe will change in following decades. It will show the opportunities and challenges faced by cities in the global north and south. While some cities are growing rapidly which can lead to crowding and sub-standard housing, others are spreading out and losing population. Housing strategies need to take into account the changes in demand and urban expansion. This new and unique set of projections shows how cities are likely to grow or shrink in the future in terms of population, land and built-up area. This event will kick off with two presentations. The first is by Cheryl Sawyer from the UN Population Division showing how urbanisation has and will change globally. The second is by Lewis Dijkstra from the Joint Research Centre showing the trajectories of individual cities from 1950 to 2050. This is followed by a panel discussion with a professor Monika Kuffer, Robert Ndugwa from UN-Habitat and a representative from the Azerbaijan State Statistical Commission. This session will be moderated by Aziza Akhmouch from the OECD.