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Type Words
Synonyms urbanization
Type of social process
Derivation urbanise
Type Words
Synonyms urbanization
Type of condition, status
Derivation urbanise

Examples of urbanisation

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Rapid urbanisation means fewer people are growing food in the developing world.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Supply cannot keep up with factors such as biofuels and the urbanisation of China.
From the independent.co.uk
Urbanisation and rising incomes have fuelled faster growth in domestic demand.
From the economist.com
Rising urbanisation and wealth mean that losses today are higher than in the past.
From the guardian.co.uk
This only tells that they have not yet got enough urbanisation in the country.
From the economist.com
He went on to write a major report for the foundation on third world urbanisation.
From the guardian.co.uk
The river historically meandered through extensive wetlands prior to urbanisation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They were composed during a period of urbanisation and considerable social change.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the 19th century they were common, often being built to cope with urbanisation.
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  • Urbanization: the condition of being urbanized
  • Urbanization: the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
  • Urbanization, Urbanisation or Urban Drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. Urbanization is also defined by the United Nations as movement of people from rural to urban areas with population growth equating to urban migration. ...
  • Alternative spelling of urbanization
  • The conversion of land from a natural state or managed natural state (such as agriculture) to cities; a process driven by net rural-to-urban migration through which an increasing percentage of the population in any nation or region come to live in settlements that are defined as urban centres.
  • The economic and demographic processes involved in the growth of towns and cities
  • The process by which a country's population changes from primarily rural to urban. Migration of people from the countryside to cities in search of better jobs and living conditions, high birth rates and migration all contribute to growing cities..
  • The process by which an increasing proportion of an area's population becomes concentrated in (legally or statistically defined) urban areas.
  • The process of becoming urbanised. This term can be used in reference to settlements and/or people as it relates to the increase in population, a change in economic direction, the expansion of built-up areas and change in population characteristics, among other factors.