Urbanization
noun
The process of making an area more like a city, meaning more buildings, roads, people, etc.
The urbanization of rural areas has been increasing at an unprecedented rate.
Often appears as...
- rapid urbanization
- urbanization process
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Formal
Academic
noun
The increase in the percentage of people who live in towns and cities, compared to rural areas.
Urbanization has lead to an increase in the demand for public transportation in many cities.
Often appears as...
- urbanization rate
- urbanization level
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Formal
Academic
noun
The change in the cultural, social, political and economic aspects of a society due to transformation into a city-like environment.
Urbanization has played a major role in the shift in lifestyle and employment opportunities in many areas.
Often appears as...
- impact of urbanization
- problems with urbanization
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Formal
Academic
noun
The process of making an area more like a city, meaning more buildings, roads, people, etc.
The urbanization of rural areas has been increasing at an unprecedented rate.
Often appears as...
- rapid urbanization
- urbanization process
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The increase in the percentage of people who live in towns and cities, compared to rural areas.
Urbanization has lead to an increase in the demand for public transportation in many cities.
Often appears as...
- urbanization rate
- urbanization level
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The change in the cultural, social, political and economic aspects of a society due to transformation into a city-like environment.
Urbanization has played a major role in the shift in lifestyle and employment opportunities in many areas.
Often appears as...
- impact of urbanization
- problems with urbanization
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Scale of Change
Emphasizes the extensive transformation from a rural to an urban setting, involving construction and population growth.
Urbanization has turned quiet villages into bustling towns.
Pro Tip 2/3Modernization Implication
Often implies modern infrastructure like technology and utilities being implemented in the newly urban area.
With urbanization, the area gained Wi-Fi and modern plumbing.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Can imply negative aspects, such as overcrowding or pollution, not just growth and development.
Urbanization has led to traffic jams and smog in the city.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale of Change
Emphasizes the extensive transformation from a rural to an urban setting, involving construction and population growth.
Urbanization has turned quiet villages into bustling towns.
Pro Tip 2/3Modernization Implication
Often implies modern infrastructure like technology and utilities being implemented in the newly urban area.
With urbanization, the area gained Wi-Fi and modern plumbing.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Can imply negative aspects, such as overcrowding or pollution, not just growth and development.
Urbanization has led to traffic jams and smog in the city.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale of Change
Emphasizes the extensive transformation from a rural to an urban setting, involving construction and population growth.
Urbanization has turned quiet villages into bustling towns.
Pro Tip 2/3Modernization Implication
Often implies modern infrastructure like technology and utilities being implemented in the newly urban area.
With urbanization, the area gained Wi-Fi and modern plumbing.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Can imply negative aspects, such as overcrowding or pollution, not just growth and development.
Urbanization has led to traffic jams and smog in the city.
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Nandan Nilekani's ideas...
are moving towards creating India as a single market. So there is a form of internal globalization which is happening, which is as important as external globalization. These four factors I believe -- the ones of primary education, infrastructure, urbanization, and single market --
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Alastair Parvin:...
someone who gets paid, and we tend to assume that it's those professionals who are going to be the ones to help us solve the really big, systemic design challenges that we face like climate change, urbanization and social inequality. That's our kind of working presumption.
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Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
It can be used perhaps in other places in the world. So let's look at the other end of the our cities and megacities. Half of the Earth's population lives in cities today. Half a billion of us live in megacities. We are living through an amazing urbanization trend.
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How megacities are...
That is how cities think. I've never met a mayor who said to me, "I want my city to be cut off." They know that their cities belong as much to the global network civilization as to their home countries. Now, for many people, urbanization causes great dismay.
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How to turn a group of...
Two megatrends -- urbanization, we're fast becoming a more urban planet, and climate change -- have been increasingly pointing to cities as a crucial target for innovation. And now around the world in various locations, people have been teaming up
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Carl Honore: In praise...
You think of, you know, urbanization, consumerism, the workplace, technology. But I think if you cut through those forces, you get to what might be the deeper driver, the nub of the question, which is how we think about time itself.
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Plague 101 PIPE National...
behind the plague outbreaks. Their discovery helped further developments in microbiology, medicine, urban planning, and sanitation methods, which led to the treatment and prevention of the disease. Economic expansion, urbanization,
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
urbanization and climate change but here in kyrgyzstan the snow leopards are back and this isolated country now has the highest density of snow leopards anywhere in the world and i'm intrigued to find out why they're doing so well
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Praising slowness - Carl...
or even desirable to slow down now if you think about how our world got so accelerated the usual suspects rear their heads you think of you know urbanization consumerism the workplace technology but I think if you cut
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
money to do that today's cities need a new plan we need to build new types of systems designed for the modern urban world of rapid urbanization and impending water scarcity and that's where I have good news
Video examples
Nandan Nilekani's ideas...
are moving towards creating India as a single market. So there is a form of internal globalization which is happening, which is as important as external globalization. These four factors I believe -- the ones of primary education, infrastructure, urbanization, and single market --
Video examples
Alastair Parvin:...
someone who gets paid, and we tend to assume that it's those professionals who are going to be the ones to help us solve the really big, systemic design challenges that we face like climate change, urbanization and social inequality. That's our kind of working presumption.
Video examples
Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
It can be used perhaps in other places in the world. So let's look at the other end of the our cities and megacities. Half of the Earth's population lives in cities today. Half a billion of us live in megacities. We are living through an amazing urbanization trend.
Video examples
How megacities are...
That is how cities think. I've never met a mayor who said to me, "I want my city to be cut off." They know that their cities belong as much to the global network civilization as to their home countries. Now, for many people, urbanization causes great dismay.
Video examples
How to turn a group of...
Two megatrends -- urbanization, we're fast becoming a more urban planet, and climate change -- have been increasingly pointing to cities as a crucial target for innovation. And now around the world in various locations, people have been teaming up
Video examples
Carl Honore: In praise...
You think of, you know, urbanization, consumerism, the workplace, technology. But I think if you cut through those forces, you get to what might be the deeper driver, the nub of the question, which is how we think about time itself.
Video examples
Plague 101 PIPE National...
behind the plague outbreaks. Their discovery helped further developments in microbiology, medicine, urban planning, and sanitation methods, which led to the treatment and prevention of the disease. Economic expansion, urbanization,
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
urbanization and climate change but here in kyrgyzstan the snow leopards are back and this isolated country now has the highest density of snow leopards anywhere in the world and i'm intrigued to find out why they're doing so well
Video examples
Praising slowness - Carl...
or even desirable to slow down now if you think about how our world got so accelerated the usual suspects rear their heads you think of you know urbanization consumerism the workplace technology but I think if you cut
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
money to do that today's cities need a new plan we need to build new types of systems designed for the modern urban world of rapid urbanization and impending water scarcity and that's where I have good news
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Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian Politician
The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable. Despite significant global advances, inability to effectively address epidemics and health emergencies still prevail and continuously threaten global health security and economic development.
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Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're witnessing now more and more is a certain number of mega-trends interacting with one another: population growth, urbanization, food insecurity, water scarcity, climate change, and conflict.
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Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Human civilization has been changing the Earth's environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
Urbanization, falling poverty rates, and growing global trade have changed the diets and expanded the waistlines of the world's poor, with processed food and sweetened drinks becoming household staples.
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Mick Cornett
American Politician
This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out of desperation, that's not going to be helpful long term.
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
With population pressures, urbanization, and modernization encroaching, we're in a race against time. Why not use the most advanced tools we have to map, quantify, and protect our past?
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Ma Yansong
Chinese Architect
China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich, cultural history of the country - and, second, rapid urbanization.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesian Economist
China's urbanization supported the country's impressive growth and rapid economic transformation.
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Kushal Pal Singh
Indian Businessman
In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.
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Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian Politician
The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable. Despite significant global advances, inability to effectively address epidemics and health emergencies still prevail and continuously threaten global health security and economic development.
Quote examples
Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're witnessing now more and more is a certain number of mega-trends interacting with one another: population growth, urbanization, food insecurity, water scarcity, climate change, and conflict.
Quote examples
Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security.
Quote examples
Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Human civilization has been changing the Earth's environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.
Quote examples
Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
Urbanization, falling poverty rates, and growing global trade have changed the diets and expanded the waistlines of the world's poor, with processed food and sweetened drinks becoming household staples.
Quote examples
Mick Cornett
American Politician
This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out of desperation, that's not going to be helpful long term.
Quote examples
Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
With population pressures, urbanization, and modernization encroaching, we're in a race against time. Why not use the most advanced tools we have to map, quantify, and protect our past?
Quote examples
Ma Yansong
Chinese Architect
China is a place where you can experience two very contrasting things coexisting. First, the rich, cultural history of the country - and, second, rapid urbanization.
Quote examples
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesian Economist
China's urbanization supported the country's impressive growth and rapid economic transformation.
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Kushal Pal Singh
Indian Businessman
In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.
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