urbanization

  1. Noun.  the process of the formation and growth of cities.
  2. Noun.  the change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
  3. Noun.  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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