urbanization
noun(British English also urbanisation)
[uncountable]the process in which towns, streets, factories, etc. are built where there was once countryside 城市化的 a time of rapid urbanization and industrialization 快速城市化和工业化的时代
the process in which more and more people start to live and work in towns and cities rather than in the country 城市化： 越来越多的人开始在城镇而不是在乡村生活和工作的过程the increasing urbanization of Africans 非洲人日益城市化