Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of the formation and growth of cities.

    Urbanisierung, Verstädterung, Urbanisation

    урбаниза́цияurbanizácija

    урбаніза́ціяurbanizácija

    the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

  2. (countable, uncountable)The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.

    Urbanisierung

    урбаниза́цияurbanizácija

  3. (countable, uncountable)The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.

    Anteil der Stadtbewohner, Urbanisierung, Stadtbewohner

    урбаниза́цияurbanizácija

Examples

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  1. Algeria needs to undertake a massive urbanization effort.

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  2. Algeria needs to establish a national urbanization policy.

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  3. Algeria, like many developing countries, is experiencing rapid urbanization.

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  4. Experts blame this horrific pollution problem on rapid urbanization.

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  5. China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and urbanization.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
growth of cities:
Русский
By meaning 1
growth of cities:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
growth of cities:
proportion living in cities:

Forms

plural: urbanizations

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban:urbanisation
  • the condition of being urbanized:urbanisation

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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