urbanize
Make more metropolitan
To urbanize is to make or become more like a city.
Land urbanizes when it transforms from rural or natural into developed areas with buildings, roads, and infrastructure.
A region urbanizes as its population shifts from countryside to cities: The coastal areas urbanized rapidly in the 1990s.
The adjective urbanized describes places that have undergone this transformation: an increasingly urbanized society.
Central business district
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- highriseMultistory urban building
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- avenueBroad urban roadway
plaza · sidewalk · intersection · district · concrete · streetscape · skyline · block
Sectioning areas by use
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
densification · planning · renewal · land-use · subdivision · annexation · upzoning · brownfield
Extend in disorderly fashion
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
- conurbationMerged continuous urban area
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- metropolitanOf a major city
exurbia · boomtown · annexation · outskirts · megacity
Movement between places
- sewerageWastewater removal infrastructure
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
sanitation · roads · tunnels · streetlights · subway · drainage · sidewalks · parking
Movement to new territory
- influxSudden large arrival
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- dwellersThose who occupy space
density · settlement · relocate · displacement · overcrowding · housing · tenants · commuters
Convert to electronic form
- automateMake self-operating
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- high-techUsing newest innovations
- connectivityState of being linked
innovation · streamline · electrification · industrialize · mechanize · contemporary · automation · wireless
downtown
Central business district
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- highriseMultistory urban building
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
avenue · plaza · sidewalk · intersection · district · concrete · streetscape · skyline · block · storefront
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
sprawl · densification · planning · renewal · land-use · subdivision · annexation · upzoning · brownfield · rezone
sprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
- conurbationMerged continuous urban area
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
metropolitan · exurbia · boomtown · annexation · outskirts · megacity
transit
Movement between places
- sewerageWastewater removal infrastructure
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
bridges · sanitation · roads · tunnels · streetlights · subway · drainage · sidewalks · parking · telecommunications
migration
Movement to new territory
- influxSudden large arrival
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- residentsPeople living somewhere
dwellers · density · settlement · relocate · displacement · overcrowding · housing · tenants · commuters · newcomers
digitalize
Convert to electronic form
connectivity · innovation · streamline · electrification · industrialize · mechanize · contemporary · automation · wireless · fiber-optic
urbanizeruralize
Make less urban
depopulate · suburbanize · decentralize · disperse · countrify
- new urbanismWalkable mixed-use development philosophy
- rapid urbanizationQuick expansion of cities
urbanity, urbanization, urbanism, urbanized, urbanise, urbanizing, urbanizes, urbanised, urbanising