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- EuropeUrban and rural settlement
- history of the organization of workUrbanization
- AthensThe city plan
- BulgariaDemographic trends
- history of EuropeDemographics
- FranceUrban prosperity
- FranceThe cities
- FranceSociety since 1940
- GermanyUrban life
- HungarySocial and economic developments
- history of EuropeEconomic effects
- NetherlandsSettlement patterns
- history of the Low CountriesThe towns
- history of the Low CountriesPopulation growth
- Magdalenian culture
- history of EuropeUrban growth
- social scienceMajor themes resulting from democratic and industrial change
- history of EuropeUrban growth
- United KingdomTowns
- ancient RomeRome and Italy
- RomaniaSettlement patterns
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- rural society
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Urbanization and Slum Formation. | Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Urbanization. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Future Tense - Urbanisation and our relationship with the city. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Open University - OpenLearn - Urbanisation: Trends, Causes and Effects. | Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Urbanization, Planning and Development: Consequences, Opportunities and Future (PDF). | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Public Health Reviews - Urbanization: a problem for the rich and the poor? | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Urbanization and Rural development (PDF). | Oct 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Urbanization and its implications for food and farming. | Sep 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Urbanization and economic complexity. | Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Introduction to Human Geography - Urbanization. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - A Brief History of Urbanization. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - U.S. History - Urbanization and Its Challenges. | Aug 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Urbanization. | Jul 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Urbanization. | Dec 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Urbanization. | Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Removed dated video. | Jul 27, 2021 | ||
| Added information on the urbanization of the United Kingdom in the 19th century. | Jul 23, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 06, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Urbanization. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Urbanisation. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Urbanization. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Earth Observatory - Urbanization's Aftermath. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Geological Survey - The Effects of Urbanization on Water Quality. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Deforestation and Urbanization. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Urbanization. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Urbanization Effects. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Added video about modern urban life. | Jan 29, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 25, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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