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Population, territory and sustainable development

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of current trends, contexts and issues in the spheres of population, territory and sustainable development and examine their public policy implications. Three themes run through the report. The first two are laid out in the empirical chapters (III through X); the third is taken up in the closing chapter. Using the most recent data available (including censuses conducted in the 2010s), the first theme describes and tracks location and spatial mobility patterns for the population of Latin America, focusing on certain kinds of territory. The second explores the linkages between these patterns and sustainable development in different kinds of territory in Latin America and the Caribbean. The third offers considerations and policy proposals for fostering a consistent, synergistic relationship between population location and spatial mobility, on the one hand, and sustainable development, on the other, in the kinds of territory studied.

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of current trends, contexts and issues in the spheres of population, territory and sustainable development and examine their public policy implications. Three themes run through the report. The first two are laid out in the empirical chapters (III through X); the third is taken up in the closing chapter. Using the most recent data available (including censuses conducted in the 2010s), the first theme describes and tracks location and spatial mobility patterns for the population of Latin America, focusing on certain kinds of territory. The second explores the linkages between these patterns and sustainable development in different kinds of territory in Latin America and the Caribbean. The third offers considerations and policy proposals for fostering a consistent, synergistic relationship between population location and spatial mobility, on the one hand, and sustainable development, on the other, in the kinds of territory studied.

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Figure IX.5<br />

LATIN AMERICA (1,735 CITIES): UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY CITY POPULATION SIZE,<br />

CENSUSES FROM THE 2000s<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

Both sexes<br />

(aged 15 to 24)<br />

Males<br />

(aged 15 to 24)<br />

Females<br />

(aged 15 to 24)<br />

Both sexes<br />

(aged 15 <strong>and</strong> over)<br />

Males<br />

(aged 15 <strong>and</strong> over)<br />

Females<br />

(aged 15 <strong>and</strong> over)<br />

One million or more 500,000 to 999,999 100,000 to 499,999<br />

50,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 49,999<br />

Source: Latin American <strong>and</strong> Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - <strong>Population</strong> Division of ECLAC, on the basis of<br />

information from Spatial distribution <strong>and</strong> urbanization in Latin America <strong>and</strong> the Caribbean (DEPUALC) database, 2009.<br />

Figure IX.6<br />

LATIN AMERICA (1,735 CITIES): INDICATORS OF ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES AND<br />

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS BY CITY POPULATION SIZE, CENSUSES FROM THE 2000s<br />

100<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

using solid fuels<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

drinking water<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

sanitation<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

electricity<br />

Housing tenure<br />

security index<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

telephone<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

mobile telephone<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

computer<br />

Percentage<br />

of population<br />

with access to<br />

Internet<br />

One million or more<br />

500,000 to 999,999<br />

100,000 to 499,999<br />

50,000 to 99,999<br />

20,000 to 49,999<br />

Source: Latin American <strong>and</strong> Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - <strong>Population</strong> Division of ECLAC, on the basis of<br />

information from Spatial distribution <strong>and</strong> urbanization in Latin America <strong>and</strong> the Caribbean (DEPUALC) database, 2009.

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