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Keywords: rural, countryside, town, cities, overpopulation

the shift of population from rural to urban areas

deh.gov.au

The building and growth of towns in rural areas

the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. Urbanisation occurs because people move from rural areas (countryside) to urban areas (towns and cities). This usually occurs when a country is still developing.

learn4good.com

the process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities. Rapid urbanisation is a feature of most LEDCs.

geographyfieldwork.com

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

wordnet.princeton.edu

To make a rural area more industrialised and urban.

maldon.leadpartners.co.uk

The process by which an increasing proportion of an area's population becomes concentrated in (legally or statistically defined) urban areas.

nwpg.gov.za

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

hsc.csu.edu.au

An increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas. The term is also used with reference to the percent urban at a particular point in time, that is, the level of urbanisation.

es.mq.edu.au

Migration of people from rural to urban areas - this can lead to overpopulation and unemployment in urban areas.

capetown.gov.za

A development containing properties with official Government, provincial and Town Hall consents.

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Keywords: character, nature

To make urban in nature or character

harbourtrust.gov.au

Keywords: housing, estate

housing estate

villasabroad.co.uk

Keywords: condition

the condition of being urbanized

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