Rio is betting on rapid urbanization to drive demand for steel and thus iron ore.
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Its rapid urbanization, expansion of education, and rising housing costs all will contribute to this process.
The UNWTO credits rapid urbanization, rising disposable incomes and the relaxation of government restrictions on foreign travel.
Many eventually went into real estate, where demand was also good because of rapid urbanization and demographic change.
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The country's rapid urbanization is also creating more demand for strollers.
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn described several profound changes that have taken place since the 1990 Jomtien Conference on Education for All, from climate change and natural resource depletion to rapid urbanization.
The tradition has declined however in recent years due to rapid urbanization, scarcity of timber and lack of available construction space, all of which combine to threaten its transmission and survival.
And expectations are the population and GDP growth in these countries will eclipse those of the developed world, resulting in rapid urbanization and expansion of the middle class in the emerging markets, says Awad.
For large scale financing urban infrastructure which is assuming critical importance in the context of rapid urbanization, conventional fiscal transfers to the urban local bodies or municipals from governments are no longer considered sufficient.
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Discussions focus also on how to continue ensuring the credibility of the World Heritage Convention in the face of increasing pressures on cultural heritage from rapid urbanization, mass tourism, climate change, and conflict situations.
The Japanese auto market has already been declining steadily over many years due to its aging and shrinking population, rapid urbanization, leading to space constraints in many Japanese cities and high tax burden on car owners.
First, rapid and massive urbanization: hundreds of millions of people are migrating to cities for better lives.
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Urbanization and rapid social changes, which have split extended families and sent all those who are capable of working into the marketplace, mean that many hands once available to care for elderly relatives - whether suffering from dementia or simple infirmity - are not there.
Habitat, says the organization is helping Kenya to tackle some of the challenges brought about by population growth, urbanization and a rapid increase in motor-vehicle ownership.
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