Environmental challenges of urbanization and city growth

Type Working Paper
Title Environmental challenges of urbanization and city growth
Author(s)
Volume 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2010
URL http://undp.mn/nhdr2011/Background paper/NHDR 2011_Background paper draft​2_Ts.Bolormaa_Urbanization_Eng.pdf
Abstract
Located in the intersection of three big waterlines at a higher altitude, Mongolia in the Asia Pacific
region has a changeable climate with lowest rainfalls, high aridity and a complex geographical
location making it more susceptible to desertification given its ecological and earth stratum structures.
Its area is 1,564,115,75 km² with administrative divisions of the capital city, 21 aimags (provinces),
338 soums (districts) and 1682 bags
Even though “city” is defined differently from country to country, this category includes densely
populated urban areas of high infrastructure development with sustainable economic activities such as
trade, manufacturing and commerce.

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