Mumbai and New Delhi figure among 95 world cities identified by the United Nations as those moving towards prosperity. Releasing the report on 'State of the World's Cities' in New Delhi, the Chief Researcher of the report, Edvardo Lopez Moreno said that the two Indian cities are half-way to prosperity and stressed political and technical interference to relatively improve conditions in both cities. The report, places Mumbai at the 52nd position and New Delhi at 58th among the world cities though two Chinese cities – Shanghai and Beijing figure much above. The report also noted that cities in India are fast expanding at the cost of rural areas and pitched for a policy for use of land in cities.