Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back CLIMATE AND GLOBAL URBANIZATION K. Nitu, V.F. Krapivin, I.I. Potapov A role and features of the cities in the climate change is discussed with specific attention on the megalopolises. It is marked the common tendency in the population distribution. The urbanization features are characterized and its positive moments are shown. The features of anthropogenic processes are analyzed an attention on the searching the indicators of living conditions is noticed. It is assessed the role of new information technologies for the study of global processes in the «nature–society» system. Keywords: climate; urbanization; life quality; population. DOI: 10.25791/esip.07.2018.068 Contacts: E-mail: ipotapov37@mail.ru Pp. 10-16.