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Urbanization presents itself differently in time and place. Most urban growth is occurring in less developed regions . Growth is not necessarily in large city regions. Urban development does not always keep pace with economic growth but. Rural stagnation almost always equates with poverty. Industrial revolution is responsible for the urban growth. The new way of life, attitudes, and values and patterns of behaviour fostered by cities (hence urbanity) Urbanization brings new way of living and behaving. Wirth (1938): way of life changes due to increased urbanization: 1. The process whereby a society is transformed from rural to urban in character. The relative concentration of population in towns and cities. Population density of at least 400 people per sq km. Defined by social and economic integration, spatial continuity, and if large enough, subdivided into cts. If urbanized core attains 100,000, it becomes a cma. World cities are often megacities, but mega(cid:272)ities a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t always world cities.

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