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Populations have doubled in many countries over the last 20-30 years. Now with new affluence and education of women both rates have dropped but have they dropped enough. With large number of women entering their child-bearing years we encounter population momentum the population of the world and particularly in areas like India Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America will continue to grow at alarming rates. To impose our values and our technology on peoples of various cultures without examining those peoples beliefs would be a serious mistake. The proportion of people in developing countries who live in cities has almost doubled since 1960 from less than 22 per cent to more than 40 per cent while in more developed regions the urban share has grown from 61 per cent to 76 per cent. Urbanization is projected to continue well into the next century. By 2030 it is expected that nearly 5 billion 61 per cent of the world's 8.1 billion people will live in cities. The book is immensely helpful to professionals researchers and university students going through courses in Population and Urbanization.