WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization refers to the concentration of human populations into discrete areas. This concentration leads to the transformation of land for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation purposes. It can include densely populated centers, as well as their adjacent periurban or suburban fringes (see Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-2: -Urbanisation is an increase in the number of people living in towns and cities. Urbanisation occurs mainly because people move from rural areas to urban areas and it results in growth in the size of the urban population and the extent of urban areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -urban sprawl, also called sprawl or suburban sprawl, the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterized by low-density residential housing, single-use zoning, and increased reliance on the private automobile for transportation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Urbanisation refers to the increasing shift in the number of people living in urban areas and a decrease in those living in rural areas.

Detailed explanation-5: -urbanization, the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.