英语翻译WORLDURBANIZATIONPROSPECTSTheurbanizationlevelsofmostcountrieswithlargeurbanpopulationsareexpectedtorisemarkedlyduring2000-2030.Amongthe27countrieswithlargeurbanpopulationsin2030,14areprojectedtobeover75pe

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　　WORLDURBANIZATIONPROSPECTS

　　Theurbanizationlevelsofmostcountrieswithlargeurbanpopulationsareexpectedtorisemarkedlyduring2000-2030.Amongthe27countrieswithlargeurbanpopulationsin2030,14areprojectedtobeover75percenturban,andonlyfiveofthosecountriesareinthemoredevelopedre-gions.Inaddition,Indonesia,Nigeria,China,Egypt,andtheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongoareprojectedtopassthe50percenturbanthresh-oldby2030.However,thepopulouscountriesofSouth-centralAsia,namely,Pakistan,IndiaandBangladesh,willstillbelessthan50percentur-ban.Ingeneral,countrieswithhighlevelsofurbani-zationtendtoexperiencelowratesofurbaniza-tion.Conversely,countrieswithlowpercentagesoftheirpopulationlivinginurbanareascanandoftendoexperiencearapidincreaseofthatpercentage.Consequently,thecountriesofEurope,NorthernAmericaandLatinAmerica,withfairlyhighproportionsoftheirpopulationsurbanevenin1950,arelikelytohavelowannualratesofurbanizationduring1950-2000andevenmoresoduring2000-2030.Indeed,asshownintableIII.10,countriesthathadaproportionurbanof50percentormorein1950(e.g.Argentina,CanadaandSpain,tonameafew)allexperiencedurbani-

　　zationratesatunder1.2percentperyearduring1950-1975.Amongthe12developedcountriesincludedinthelist,onlythreehadrateshigherthan1.5percentperyear–RussiaandUkraineat1.6percenteachandJapanat2percent.Duringthe1975-2000period,urbanizationrateswerereducedtolessthanhalfapercentperyearinmostdevelopedcountriesincludedintableIII.10,withtheexceptionofJapanandUkraineat0.55-0.57percent.Intheprojectionperiodto2030,alldevelopedcountriesareexpectedtohaveurbanizationratesbelow0.45percentperyear,mostintherangeofonly0.2to0.3percent.LatinAmericancountriesincludedinthelisthaveallhadurbanizationratesbelow1percentduringthe1975-2000period(exceptforBrazilat1.1percent)andare