Expansion of cities into rural regions because of population growth In most cases, population growth is primarily due to the movement of rural based people to urban areas This is especially true in Less Developed Countries
the proportion of a regions population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
The conversion of agricultural, forested, or other undeveloped areas to urban land covers such as residential, commercial/industrial, or mixed urban Note the urbanization occurring around Dayton and Cincinnati in the change image Change image (156K jpg)
In regard to animals, it is the changing or adapting of habitats from rural (country) to urban (city)
There are two related meanings When applied to a country, urbanization refers to growth in the proportion of the population living in urban regions When applied to a geographic area, urbanization refers to growth in the developed portion of the area The urbanization of a country is usually associated with the urbanization of areas around urban regions
An increasing concentration of the population in cities and a transformation of land use to an urban pattern of organization
ur·bani·za·tion in BRIT, also use urbanisation Urbanization is the process of creating towns in country areas