# Senior Research Scholar Shlomo Angel's joint research on global urbanization is cited

1 School News December 6, 2018 ![Citylab logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/citylablogo_0.jpg?itok=m2XP-M92)>

Excerpt from [CityLab](https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/12/global-urbanization-un-majority-city-measure/577090/) -- "A report by Shlomo Angel, a leading expert in global urban expansion at New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management, finds the 84 percent figure to be far too high, and contends that the conventional 55 percent figure is more on target."

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