WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Mass urbanization is occurring, as large numbers of citizens move from rural areas into towns and cities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Urbanization and the Mass Movement of People to Cities.

Detailed explanation-5: -Urbanization refers to the mass movement of populations from rural to urban settings and the consequent physical changes to urban settings.