ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Urbanization

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Urbanization is a noun meaning The process of the formation and growth of cities.

Meaning

The process of the formation and growth of cities.

More Meanings

  1. The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
  2. The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.

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Related dictionary entries include urbanisation, urban, urbanism, city, town, estate.

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