How to Use urbanization in a Sentence

urbanization

noun
  • There is still quite a long pathway to reach peak urbanization in China.
    — Erika Fry, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The idea of constructing new cities to solve urbanization challenges is not new.
    — Astrid R.n. Haas, Quartz Africa, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Climate change and rapid urbanization have made dengue outbreaks bigger in the past decades.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 3 July 2020
  • Over the years, countless chinampas have fallen out of use in many parts of the city due to urbanization.
    — Megan Zhang, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Those who write about, advocate for and choose to live in cities really do see more urbanization around them.
    — Jed Kolko, New York Times, 22 May 2017
  • One-child policies, rapid urbanization and work that pulls people far from their families all play a role.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The country’s rapid urbanization has led to groups of villages’ being razed to make way for high-rises.
    — Amy Qin, New York Times, 17 June 2016
  • Drilling, mining and urbanization as well as disease and fires have wiped out sagebrush lands across the West.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Meanwhile, rapid urbanization and climate change loom over the island.
    — Sarah Choi, ELLE Decor, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The rest of the increase was due to climate change and additional heat due to urbanization.
    — NBC News, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Hatfield says that urbanization and a shifting zeitgeist have led to a decline in hunting.
    — Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Places that don’t have near the urbanization over the years have been seeing upward trends in temperatures.
    — Kaila White, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2020
  • In the past 10 months, the influx has led to a process of rapid urbanization on the hills of southern Bangladesh.
    — Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 17 June 2018
  • In this case, the trout almost certainly can’t reach the ocean — even though some may try — because of the trappings of urbanization.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
  • There are a few reasons for the increase; cities with more dense human populations and more urbanization saw a jump.
    — Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • China is undergoing the largest process of urbanization the world has ever seen.
    — Darran Anderson, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Many worry about the wildlife squeezed out by urbanization, but Lisa Bates resolved to do something about it.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Amid talk of falling car ownership and rapid urbanization, automakers were on the lookout for the next big thing.
    — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 19 Dec. 2019
  • And the re-urbanization of downtown Denver has only added to demand.
    — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The rapid growth in rural tourism isn't just the result of the pandemic or rapid urbanization in China.
    — Ben Westcott and Shanshan Wang, CNN, 10 May 2021
  • But wildlife seemed to cope better with urbanization in cities that were cool or lush — homes to plenty of healthy, green plant life — than in those that were warmer or more barren.
    — Emily Anthes, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Then broader structural changes and urbanization imperiled them even more.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • In a weird way, the pandemic ties together the book’s themes of urbanization and consumption.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 14 Oct. 2020
  • If one aim of urbanization is to defeat the forces of chaos waiting right outside the city walls, these stylistic features are essential.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • China’s birth rate would have declined over time even without the restriction, which is often the effect of greater wealth and urbanization.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021
  • People lament how Walnut Creek is losing its quiet, small-town feel to urbanization — as if that ship didn’t sail years ago.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Over the years, there’s been extensive urbanization and development at the base of the mountain, which could change what lives on the mountain.
    — Quartz Africa, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Shorebirds, long threatened by the draining of coastal wetlands and urbanization, saw declines of more than 37%.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • But decades of sprawling urbanization also drove up Houston’s risk of flooding as absorbent wetlands were paved over and more homes were built in flood zones.
    — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The sensors haven't been moved and are not subject to urbanization effects, so the data does not require adjustment to account for these changes over time.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024

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