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Review
. 2000 Nov 4;321(7269):1143-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1143.

Will most people live in cities?

D Satterthwaite  1
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Will most people live in cities?

D Satterthwaite. BMJ. .
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Average size of the world's 100 largest cities
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