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urbanization
[ ur-buh-nuh-zey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city:
Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
urbanization
- The process by which cities grow or by which societies become more urban.
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Other Words From
- over·urban·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of urbanization1
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Example Sentences
Future urbanization does not need to pose a choice between rural hopelessness and urban despair.
Colorful inflated onion domes appeared to symbolize the birth of urbanization.
Urbanization in China has brought hundreds of millions of people from rural locations to the bustling coastal metropolises.
Rarely considered, however, is whether this form of urbanization creates a good place for people, particularly families.
Blame the weak recovery, an aging population, increasing urbanization, and the growth of public transport.
The effects of urbanization are more tangible and better recognized than those of agricultural land-use.
Three modifications which have especially affected streams have been agricultural use, urbanization, and industrialization.
What was it that reversed the process of urbanization that was going on in the mother country?
The development of the inspection system with its chain of tobacco warehouses hastened urbanization.
Another effect of urbanization has been increased loads of sewage discharged into the streams.
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