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urbanization — Narrowly defined, urbanization refers to city formation. The earliest cities date from about the fourth millennium BCE. In the Middle Ages the expansion of long distance trade and mercantile capitalism stimulated the growth of major European… … Dictionary of sociology
Urbanization — Urbanizationn (also spelled urbanisation) is the physical growth of urban areas into rural or natural land as a result of population in migration to an existing urban area. Effects include change in density and administration services. While the… … Wikipedia
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urbanization — See urbanize. * * * the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities. The definition of what constitutes a city changes from time to time and place to place, but it … Universalium
urbanization — Just over half of Spain s population, or 20 million people, live in towns of more than 50,000 inhabitants, and three quarters in towns of more than 10,000 inhabitants. In two provinces (Madrid and Cadiz) urbanization is above 90 percent, and… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
URBANIZATION — During the height of the Uruk period (c. 3400–3200 B.C.), so called after the old city of Uruk, southern Mesopotamia had close economic links to northern and eastern neighboring regions. Sites in southern Anatolia, northwest Syria, and eastern … Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia
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Neder-over-Heembeek/Neder-over-Heembeek — Formerly two separate communes of Neder Heembeek (lower Heem beek) and Over Heembeek (upper Heembeek) located between Laeken and Vilvoorde, Neder over Heembeek is the oldest locality recorded in the Brussels Capital Region, referred to as Heim … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Southern Africa — Introduction southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded… … Universalium
