urbanization - CISMeF

Preferred Label : urbanization;

MeSH definition : The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.;

MeSH synonym : urbanizations;

MeSH hyponym : central city; Central Cities; Cities, Central; City, Central;

MeSH annotation : specify geog if pertinent;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization;

Details

Origin ID

D014507;

UMLS CUI

C0041938;

Allowable qualifiers
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- central city [MeSH concept]
- urbanization [MeSH concept]
See also
- Urban Area [DeCS]
- Urban Settlements [DeCS]
- cities [MeSH Descriptor]
- urban population [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Urban (environment) [SNOMED CT concept]
- urban [PSIP Taxonomy Term]
Semantic type(s)
- Human-caused Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]

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