urbanisation
Rural exodus cityward
Urbanisation is the process by which populations shift from rural areas to cities, or by which areas become more urban in character.
The term covers both demographic movement and physical transformation—farmland giving way to housing developments, villages growing into towns.
Rapid urbanisation has strained the city's infrastructure.
Also spelled urbanization.
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- smogSunlight-activated urban pollution
concrete · asphalt · deforestation · flooding · runoff · parks
Extend in disorderly fashion
- expansionIncrease in scope
- metropolisLarge important city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- conurbationMerged continuous urban area
suburbs · outskirts · densification · suburbanization · boroughs · districts · cityscape · skyline
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- migrationMovement to new territory
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- diversityState of varied elements
demographics · overcrowding · slums · poverty · affluence · stratification · cosmopolitan · multiculturalism
Arranging for future events
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- constructionProcess of building something
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
sewers · utilities · public-transport · telecommunications · housing · land-use · densification · high-rise
Transition to factory-based economy
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
- employmentPaid occupation status
- marketsTrade gathering places
- real-estateProperty and land
redevelopment · renewal · revitalization · investment · labour · factories · trade · services
congestion
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- emissionsSubstances released into air
smog · concrete · asphalt · deforestation · flooding · runoff · parks
sprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- expansionIncrease in scope
- metropolisLarge important city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
conurbation · suburbs · outskirts · densification · suburbanization · boroughs · districts · cityscape · skyline · agglomeration
gentrification
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- migrationMovement to new territory
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
diversity · demographics · overcrowding · slums · poverty · affluence · stratification · cosmopolitan · multiculturalism · community
planning
Arranging for future events
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- constructionProcess of building something
roads · sewers · utilities · public-transport · telecommunications · housing · land-use · densification · high-rise · subway
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
- employmentPaid occupation status
- marketsTrade gathering places
real-estate · redevelopment · renewal · revitalization · investment · labour · factories · trade · services · retail
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- développementexpansion, evolution, amelioration, maturation, innovation
urbanisationruralization
Shift toward country living
urban exodus · urban flight · decentralization · suburban sprawl · white flight
urbanisationpastoralism
Mobile livestock husbandry
agrarianism · agricultural society · subsistence farming · village life · rustication
urban, suburb, suburban, urbane, suburbia, urbanity, suburbanite, urbanization, urbanise