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Urbanization

Urbanization. Dash. Urbanization, n . The process of making or becoming urban in character; the condition of being urbanized. Urban, adj. Relating to, situated or occurring in, or characteristic of, a town or city, esp . as opposed to the countryside .

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Urbanization

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  1. Urbanization Dash

  2. Urbanization, n. The process of making or becoming urban in character; the condition of being urbanized. • Urban, adj. Relating to, situated or occurring in, or characteristic of, a town or city, esp. as opposed to the countryside. • City, n.A town or other inhabited place. Not a native designation, but app. at first a somewhat grandiose title, used instead of the Old English burh. • Countryside, n. A side (e.g. east or west side) of a country, one side of a river-valley, of a hill-range, etc.; hence a district, region, or tract of country having a kind of natural unity.

  3. Urbanization and History

  4. Rural Versus Urban Populations

  5. Why? • Efficiency and Progress

  6. What Happens?

  7. Changing Ecosystems

  8. Ecosystems Urban natural

  9. Heat Island Effect

  10. Economics • Infrastructure • Efficiency • Concentration • Class Division • Poverty

  11. Infrastructure, Efficiency, and Concentration • Heavily Used Infrastructure • Distributional Efficiency • Readily Available Workforce and Consumers • Education

  12. Class Division

  13. Urban or Rural?

  14. Upcoming Urban Changes • Reintroduction of Nature • Reduced Environmental Impact and Ever-Increasing Efficiency

  15. Reintroduction of Nature • Parks, Urban Farming , and Green Roofing • Urban Fish Farming • Schreibman Tilapia Farm • Urban Beekeeping • NYC Beekeepers Association

  16. Reducing Environmental Impact • Increasing Human-Powered-Transport-Friendliness • Expanding Public Transportation • Municipal Composting • Architectural Efficiency • Alternative Energy Production

  17. Have a nice day!

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