The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice . Urbanisation is continuing, although at a slower rate than in previous decades. Although there is a great variety in urban areas, they face common problems.
Large cities contribute disproportionately to regional or national GDP compared to their population.
However, GDP growth has not always led to jobs being created. However, the growth of non-market services is currently limited by constraints on public expenditure. Estimates tend to confirm that urban unemployment is above the EU average. Urbanisation has merely widened economic and social disparities, thereby creating a two-tier society in which exclusion has led to spatial segregation of social groups in neighbourhoods with poor facilities. People in urban areas are more and more concerned about the environment.