Urbanization

Running head : URBANIZATION

The rapidity of change from rural to urban life is at least as important as the amount of urbanization

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The rapidity of change from rural to urban life is at least as important as the amount of urbanization

Urbanization can be defined as the number of people in urban places (Bolender , 2006 , para 24 . Urbanization denotes a process where people move to cities among other densely settled places . An increase in population size and density is also an appropriate determinant

of urbanization . Over the last one to two centuries , there has been an increase in cities and urbanization . Movement of people from rural settings to living in urban places has been a key factor in the process of rapid urbanization experienced in this time period . Thus , the rapidity of change from rural to urban life is at least as important as the amount of urbanization

Looking back into about 125 years ago , it is clear that urbanization was very low compared to the current state of urbanization . However , the dawn of the 20th century saw some countries such as European countries Canada and the United States experience a surge in the number of people who resided in urban places . The urban revolution spearheaded by industrialization was also marked with an increase in populations who moved from rural to urban residences . For instance , 50 percent of the United States population was residing in urban settings by 1920 with Canada 's 50 percent population...