Definition of Urbanization
Urbanization is the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities. Internal rural to urban migration means that people move from rural areas to urban areas. In this process the number of people living in cities increases compared with the number of people living in rural areas. Natural increase of urbanization can occur if the natural population growth in the cities is higher than in the rural areas. This scenario, however, rarely occurs. A country is considered to urbanized when over 50 per cent of its population live in the urban areas (Long, 1998) An urban area is spatial concentration of people who are working in non-agricultural activities. The essential characteristic here is that urban means a non-agricultural. Urban can also be defined as a fairly complex concept. Criteria used to define urban can include population size, space, density and economic organization...