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06-28-2007, 03:40 PM
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reports that 60% of Dominicans now live in cities. It estimates the country's current population at 9.1 million people. UNPFA Representative Gilka Melendez forecast that by 2050, the DR's population would reach 12.7 million. She highlighted the need for cities to react to the challenges future growth bring and to learn to exploit the potential benefits of urbanization that the study found far outweight the disadvantages. Melendez was referring to findings included in a new report, "Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth" that shows that urban growth explosion is not exclusive to the DR. Worldwide, report findings showed that in 2008, the world will reach an invisible but momentous milestone: For the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. As far as the DR is concerned, the report says that life expectancy is 72.1 years for women and 65.2 years for men.
During a presentation at the Melia Santo Domingo Hotel, Joaquin Geronimo from the National Council on Urban Issues (CONAU) explained that in the last 40 years the population of Santo Domingo (including municipalities in the National District and Santo Domingo Province) has grown six-fold, from 500,000 to three million.
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During a presentation at the Melia Santo Domingo Hotel, Joaquin Geronimo from the National Council on Urban Issues (CONAU) explained that in the last 40 years the population of Santo Domingo (including municipalities in the National District and Santo Domingo Province) has grown six-fold, from 500,000 to three million.
www.unfpa.org/swp/index.html (http://www.unfpa.org/swp/index.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)