USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -urbanization, the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Term. Urbanisation is 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).

Detailed explanation-3: -Urbanization refers to the mass movement of populations from rural to urban settings and the consequent physical changes to urban settings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today, some 56% of the world’s population – 4.4 billion inhabitants – live in cities. This trend is expected to continue, with the urban population more than doubling its current size by 2050, at which point nearly 7 of 10 people will live in cities.