China's Cities
China has a rather low level of urbanization today (about 46%), compared with 75-80% in the U.S. and Europe – but this is changing very rapidly.
Some 300-500 million Chinese citizens will move to urban areas over the next twenty years. Urban residents use 2 to 3 times as much commercial (i.e., non-biomass) energy as rural ones, and Chinese cities already face severe environmental problems. |
