Urbanization what is it1

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Urbanization what is it? Increasing proportion of people living in urban areas. (70% of worlds population for year 2050I) Why? (Reasons for the process) HICs →Trigger: Industrial revolution in XIX century. (Kept on increasing until mid XX century) Due to globalization and natural population decline (Womens employment, etc). MICs / LICs: Urban growth remains active due to globalization, rural urban migration and higher natural growth (Higher birth rate / fertility rates). The speed of growth remains higher for LICs (Eg cities in Saharan Africa) Effects of urbanization Positive: More employmente More productivity (GNI) More taxes collection for goverment Negative: Overpopulation Crisis in housing, employment infrastructure Poverty →Growth of slums (Favelas- shanty towns) Pollution Preserved positive and improve / eliminated negative. Sustainable cities: Socially, economically, environmentally. (“Smart” cities) World population growth World population Population is defined as all the inhabitants of a specific place, whether that be a village, town, city, a country or even the world. Population explosion The rapid growth in the population that the world has experienced ov...