| 释义 |
[ ur-buh-nuh-zey-shuhn ] / ˌɜr bə nəˈzeɪ ʃən /
nounthe act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma. Also especially British, ur·ban·i·sa·tion . Origin of urbanizationurbaniz(e) + -ation OTHER WORDS FROM urbanizationo·ver·ur·ban·i·za·tion, nounWords nearby urbanizationurbanist, urbanistic, urbanite, urbanity, Urban IV, urbanization, urbanize, urban legend, urban myth, urbanology, urban renewal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for urbanizationFuture urbanization does not need to pose a choice between rural hopelessness and urban despair. Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Colorful inflated onion domes appeared to symbolize the birth of urbanization. Sorry Putin, the Sochi Opening Ceremony Was Totally Gay|Tim Teeman|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Urbanization in China has brought hundreds of millions of people from rural locations to the bustling coastal metropolises. Inside China’s Mistress-Industrial Complex|Junheng Li, Bethany Allen, Ana Swanson|February 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rarely considered, however, is whether this form of urbanization creates a good place for people, particularly families. City Leaders Are in Love With Density but Most City Dwellers Disagree|Joel Kotkin|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Three modifications which have especially affected streams have been agricultural use, urbanization, and industrialization. Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf European trade and industry increased, and as these grew so also did population and urbanization. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker What was it that reversed the process of urbanization that was going on in the mother country? Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660|Wilcomb E. Washburn London has been selected for a detailed study because in a peculiar degree it represents the extreme type of urbanization. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship|Reginald Arthur Bray Another effect of urbanization has been increased loads of sewage discharged into the streams. Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf
Cultural definitions for urbanization
The process by which cities grow or by which societies become more urban. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |