the process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities. Rapid urbanisation is a feature of most LEDCs.
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
To make a rural area more industrialised and urban.
The process by which an increasing proportion of an area's population becomes concentrated in (legally or statistically defined) urban areas.
a process, usually accompanied by industrialisation, where people move from traditional life in the countryside to towns and cities
An increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas. The term is also used with reference to the percent urban at a particular point in time, that is, the level of urbanisation.
Migration of people from rural to urban areas - this can lead to overpopulation and unemployment in urban areas.
A development containing properties with official Government, provincial and Town Hall consents.