title: The urbanisation of our species.
abstract: Ever since humans started to develop agriculture, trade and task differentiation, agglomerations have evolved according to scaling rules that may well be universal. After passing the milestone of 50% urbanisation, humanity is rapidly becoming a predominantly city-dwelling species. Ensuring the resilience, safety and sustainability of fast-growing cities will require much more joined-up policy and planning. Michael Gross reports.
authors.affiliation: Michael Gross is a science writer based at Oxford. He can be contacted via his web page at www.michaelgross.co.uk.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D002947:Cities; D002958:City Planning; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization