城市化

The latter are especially crucial in an urbanising world where the urgency to mitigate and adapt will be felt most keenly in megacities.

后者在对于城市化中的地区尤为重要，缓解和适应变化的需求在大都市中最为强烈。

By the middle of the Cultural Revolution (1966 to 1976), a series of three volumes about the Chinese city, from the late imperial period through several transitions to the communist era, was published, and the urbanising processes in China came to be better understood.

在文化大革命（1966-1976年）中期，一系列三册描述中国城市--从帝国时代后期经过多次改变至共产党时代--的刊物出版了，人们对中国的城市化过程有了更好的了解。

The font of China's urbanising appetite is no longer its coastal conurbations but so-called third and fourth tier cities mostly in inland areas.

中国城市化欲望的源头不再是沿海大都市，而是所谓的三、四线城市，而且大多位于内地。

But we can make a good guess about where the urbanising trend will reach its zenith. Simply count which skylines have the most cranes, track where the bulk of the world's concrete is being poured or follow one of the biggest, fastest movements of humanity in history.

但是只要简单数一下哪里的地平线上有最多的起重机，并跟踪一下大量的水泥被浇注在了什么地方，或者哪里正在发生着人类史上规模最大和速度最快的人口迁徙，我们就可以很容易地知道哪里城市化的进程速度将达到顶峰。

Asia shows that even a region in which 40% of the inhabitants already live in cities, and which is urbanising almost as fast as Africa, is not condemned to misery for ever.

亚洲区域人口城市化比例已达四成，进程几乎与非洲同速，再不会因穷困而受到指责。

Asia shows that even a region in which 40% of the inhabitants already live in cities, an d which is urbanising almost as fast as Africa, is not condemned to misery for ever.

亚洲区域人口城市化比例已达四成，进程几乎与非洲同速，再不会因穷困而受到指责。

When a population is urbanising, even though its productivity is shifting from the agricultural to the industrial level, consumption habits remain rural that is, anything beyond necessities is viewed as luxury and is minimised.

在城市化进程中，尽管生产率正从农业水平转向工业水平，但消费习惯仍然带有农村性质——也就是说，必需品之外的东西仍被视为奢侈品，并被减至最低水平。

When apopulation is urbanising, even though its productivity is shifting fromthe agricultural to the industrial level, consumption habits remainrural – that is, anything beyond necessities is viewed as luxury and isminimised.

在城市化进程中，尽管生产率正从农业水平转向工业水平，但消费习惯仍然带有农村性质——也就是说，必需品之外的东西仍被视为奢侈品，并被减至最低水平。

Taiwan companies have learned what happens in a Chinese society when it urbanises.

台湾企业已经知道，一个华人社会在城市化过程中会遇到什么状况。

But others argue the tax would make hardly any difference to house prices, because of China's huge demand for housing as it urbanises.

然而，还有一些人认为物业税不会对房价产生影响，因为中国的城市化进程使购房需求特别大。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。