Term Gallery logo

Meanings of urbanise in English

Portuguese
urbanizar
Catalan
urbanitzar
Spanish
urbanizar

Make more industrial or city-like.

urbanizar
Usage of urbanise in English
1
A key factor in this is the acid test; can it urbanise?
The Irish Times
2
The Middle Kingdom could urbanise in three ways.
Reuters
3
Globally, the cement sector is responsible for around 8% of emissions, as growing developing countries urbanise.
The Guardian
4
She is voicing concerns about the rush to urbanise and modernise China that have become big talking points.
BBC
5
The RCMP claims some dogs were lawfully destroyed over concerns about public health and safety; many Inuit say it was to urbanise them.
The Guardian
6
They alone passed into modern times without being urbanised and proletarianised.
The Irish Times
7
The peasant could be urbanised, and who is to stop this from happening?
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
8
Asia-Pacific is one region urbanising at an unprecedented pace.
Reuters
9
Remote deserts all over east Asia, the Middle East and parts of Africa are being urbanised.
The Guardian
10
Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and China are rapidly urbanising and confronting the same issues as us.
The Guardian
11
Many parts of South America are also rapidly urbanising and their waste has grown with it.
BBC
12
The region is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions globally and is also rapidly urbanising.
Reuters
13
Africa is urbanising at a rate that will soon exceed that of any other region in the world.
The South African
14
I am working now on a project which relates to land use and infrastructure in developing, urbanising African cities.
The South African
15
China is still urbanising and can avoid deflation, but only if it learns from Tokyo's error by cleaning up its banks.
Reuters
16
Too many areas of the country have been destroyed, wildlife places urbanised unnecessarily and wild life driven out of the wilderness.
The Irish Times
Frequent collocations
Translations for urbanise
Spanish
urbanizar
Urbanise through the time