urbanization
noun/ˌɜːbənaɪˈzeɪʃn/
/ˌɜːrbənəˈzeɪʃn/
(British English also urbanisation)
[uncountable]- the process in which towns, streets, factories, etc. are built where there was once countryside
- a time of rapid urbanization and industrialization
- the process in which more and more people start to live and work in towns and cities rather than in the country
- the increasing urbanization of Africans
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