Urbanization

Urbanization (or urbanization) is a term from geography. The base of the word is the Latin urbs, which means city. The term urbanization refers to the process of a rural area turning into an urban area. This can happen in two different ways:

1. Through the growth of cities; called physical urbanization
2. Through the change of behavior of people living in rural areas; called functional urbanization

Physical urbanization has been observed for centuries. In developing countries this is the main form of urbanization. In developed countries, functional urbanization is the main form of urbanization. With functional urbanization, people living in the city center move to the countryside, next to the city; this is known as suburbanization.

1. ↑ "United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, CD-ROM Edition". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
2. ↑ "United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs". Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2011-08-28.