Urbanization and responsiveness to health : exploring multi- disciplinary attributes for a holistic approach

Abstract

Urbanization is a leading global trend. With the intensifying drift in urbanization in developing nations, 70% of global population will concentrate in the cities of Asia and Africa by the year 2030. Sri Lanka is also seeing a process of rapid planned and unplanned urbanization estimates are that close to 3 million (or 17%) of the population live in urban areas. This figure is likely to increase further with the planned ambitious Megapolis project of the government covering the whole of the Western Province.