Definition

The increasing proportion of people living in cities and towns, and the related growth of urban areas (which may include deforestation).

Further reading
Climate Change - UN-Habitat [website]
Urbanization - Our World in Data (Ritchie, Samborska & Roser, 2024) [website]
Urban health - World Health Organization (WHO) [website]
Related

built environment; conurbation; labour market; megalopolis (supercity); metropolitan; population shift; rural flight; rural-to-urban migration; sustainable cities; urban design; urban expansion; urban growth; urban health; urban heat island effect (UHI effect); urbanicity; urbanization; urban planning; urban public health; urban sustainability

See also
Chrono-urbanism
Globalisation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Drafted by
Chris Graham
Reviewed by
TBC