Cities and Urbanization

This chart shows the impact rising urbanization will have on the world

New York City in the United States.

Cities cover just 2% of the world’s surface but consume over 75% of its material resources. Image: Unsplash/Nick Night

Bruno Venditti
Writer, Visual Capitalist
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The material impact of global urbanization.
Africa is expected to have the greatest increase in material consumption. Image: Visual Capitalist/United Nations

Material consumption of global regions.
By 2050, the world's material consumption is predicted to have increased by 116% Image: Visual Capitalist/United Nations
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