Urbanization is the process of creating towns in country areas.
Examples of 'urbanization' in a sentence
urbanization
My hope is that this book can contribute to progress in the formulation of urbanization policy.
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
It is in this light that the urbanization policy options available to future governments should be examined.
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
Housing is probably the issue that springs most quickly to mind when urbanization policy is considered.
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
He also had little interest in how industrialization and urbanization were affecting society.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
Another critical environmental problem that results from industrialization and urbanization is the depletion of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
Such rapid, intensive urbanization without industrialization is a new phenomenon.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Those Wesleyan revivals took place during a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization in England.
Christianity Today (2000)
How has Latin America balanced extremely rapid urbanization with some relatively stable family patterns?
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
They thus sought to understand the impact of industrialization, urbanization, and globalization on the social world.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
Increasing industrialization and urbanization meant that open spaces were at a premium, as the continuing enclosure of public spaces removed what was left from common use.
Judith Flanders Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006)
Since this century was also an era of rapid urbanization, the question of how courts and capital cities got along with each other is of considerable interest.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
The relatively recent combination of rapid population growth, industrialization, and urbanization has had a significantly adverse impact on the global environment.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
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British English: urbanization NOUN
Urbanization is the process of creating towns in country areas.