USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization is not just a modern phenomenon, but a rapid and historic transformation of human social roots on a global scale, whereby, rural culture is rapidly replaced by predominantly urban culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Urbanization is the process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population comes to live in the city.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is called urbanization. According to statistics, in 1800, only 3% of the world’s population lived in cities. A tipping point was reached in 2008, and there were officially more people living in cities than rural areas. Urbanization has been occurring especially rapidly in less developed parts of the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the main reasons for the growth of cities was the Industrial Revolution, which began in England toward the middle of the eighteenth century and then spread to the United States and other parts of Europe. The Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of factories, creating a demand for workers in urban areas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rapid increase in urban population as a proportion of total population is resulting in rapid urbanization of the world.