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Urbanization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of the formation and growth of cities. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban wordnet
  3. 3
    The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the condition of being urbanized wordnet
  5. 5
    The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From urbanize + -ation.

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