Associations to the word «Urbanization»

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

Dictionary definition

URBANIZATION, noun. The condition of being urbanized.
URBANIZATION, noun. The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope