chiefly British English spelling of urbanization. For spelling, see -ize.

A process, usually accompanied by industrialisation, where people move from traditional life in the countryside to towns and cities.

the growth of towns and cities leading to an increasing proportion of a country’s population living there. It as a gradual process common in LEDCs where 1 million people move from the countryside to t [..]

the development and growth of towns or cities

The process of economic and social change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas.

This is the increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities. It usually means that there is urban growth (see above).

(n) the condition of being urbanized(n) the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

includes the peripheral expansion of cities or towns, their intensification (infill and redevelopment), and the initiation of settlement at new locations or expansion of existing settlements where their population within a decade is likely to expand to that of a city or town.

A growth in the geographical size of urban areas as a result of increased population.