NALT

Preferred term

urbanization

Topic

The process by which the population and area of a city expands which is usually accompanied by the loss of rural, undeveloped or natural habitats to residential, commerical, industrial or infrastructure applications.

urban development

urban expansion
urban growth
urban sprawl
urbanisation

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

50611

Spanish

urbanización

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/66745

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 4/11/18