8.2.4—Urbanization
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Objective
- 8.2.4
- Level
- HL
Urbanization Changes People and Land
Urbanization is a rising share of people living in urban systems together with land becoming more built-up, industrialized and continuously settled.
Check both the population share and the land-use change. A city can have a high urbanization level but slow current growth, while another has rapid construction from a lower base.
When fields become housing and roads while the urban share rises, the demographic and land-use parts of urbanization occur together.
Not necessarily; growth rate and urbanization level measure different things.
Do not define urbanization as simply a taller skyline or a larger city population.