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How does urbanization in traditional societies differs from urbanization in industrial societies? Include references.

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1. How does urbanization in traditional societies differs from urbanization in industrial societies.

General definitions of urbanization are as follows:
• Urbanization is the process whereby more people live and work in cities. (1)
• That is, it is the process by which a country's population changes from primarily rural to urban. It is caused by the migration of people from the countryside to the city in search of better jobs and living conditions. (2)
• Urbanization is the expansion of a city or metropolitan area, namely the proportion of total population or area in urban localities or areas (cities and towns), or the increase of this proportion over time. It can thus represent a level of urban relative to total population or area, or the rate at which the urban proportion is increasing. Both can be expressed in percentage ...

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