“Don’t these city lights, bring the streets to life?” - Lou Reed
Wow! Welch höchst symbolisches Ereignis! Seltsam nur, dass es kaum jemand mitbekommen hat…
Mayday 23: World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural
“There’s no big countdown billboard or sign in Times Square to denote it, but Wednesday, May 23, 2007, represents a major demographic shift, according to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia: For the first time in human history, the earth’s population will be more urban than rural.
Working with United Nations estimates that predict the world will be 51.3 percent urban by 2010, the researchers projected the May 23, 2007, transition day based on the average daily rural and urban population increases from 2005 to 2010. On that day, a predicted global urban population of 3,303,992,253 will exceed that of 3,303,866,404 rural people.”
Hier kann man übrigens mit einer lustigen interaktiven Karte zum weltweiten Städtewachstum spielen.