What is urbanization?

• A. The development of cities
• B. The decline of cities
• C. The creation of rural towns
• D. The growth of online commerce

Answer: (A)

Urbanization is the process by which more people move into cities and towns, causing urban areas to grow in population and physical size. It often goes hand in hand with industrialization and the search for jobs, education, and services, so cities expand as people cluster where opportunities are concentrated. That makes development of cities the best description here, since it captures both the movement of people into urban areas and the resulting growth and modernization of those areas. The decline of cities describes shrinking populations, creation of rural towns points to rural development, and growth of online commerce is about shopping behavior, not where people live.