GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The main causes of urbanization are industrialization, commercialization, rural-urban change, change in the way of living, employment opportunities, social benefits, etc. Urbanization is a process where the population shifts from rural to urban areas due to various factors.

Detailed explanation-2: -It almost always involves the conversion of land use from non-urban to urban uses. A great deal of contemporary urbanisation has been characterised as urban sprawl, i.e. a highly extensive form of land take for urban uses having environmentally detrimental effects.