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Urbanization vs Gentrification - What's the difference?

urbanization | gentrification |

As nouns the difference between urbanization and gentrification

is that urbanization is the process of the formation and growth of cities while gentrification is the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.

urbanization

English

Alternative forms

* urbanisation

Noun

(wikipedia urbanization) (en noun)
  • the process of the formation and growth of cities
  • the change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas
  • the proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing

    • gentrification

    English

    (wikipedia gentrification)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.

    • Related terms

    * degentrification

    See also

    * gentrify * gentry