Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Urbanization

The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Urbanizations
  • Central City
  • Central Cities
  • Cities, Central
  • City, Central

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, legislation & jurisprudence, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geog if pertinent

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Population (1966-1967)
  • Sociology (1966-1967)

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  1. I01w.880w.853.400w.726w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Urbanization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014507. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014507
  2. Urbanization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization
  3. Urbanization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161078