Definitions for urbanization
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ur•ban•izeˈɜr bəˌnaɪz(v.t.)-ized, -iz•ing.
to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
Category: Sociology
Origin of urbanize:
1635–45
ur`ban•i•za′tion(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
urbanization, urbanisation(noun)
the condition of being urbanized
urbanization, urbanisation(noun)
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
Wiktionary
urbanization(Noun)
the process of the formation and growth of cities
urbanization(Noun)
the change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas
urbanization(Noun)
the proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Urbanization
The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
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