"Urbanize" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To make or become urban; to settle or become urbanized, especially in a previously rural area.
A person who specializes in the study and planning of the design and management of cities and urban environments.<br><br>Someone who focuses on urban issues, such as architecture, transportation, and community development, with the goal of creating sustainable, equitable, and livable cities.<br><br>Alternatively, an urbanist may also be someone whose lifestyle or values are centered around city living, valuing the proximity to amenities, cultural attractions, and urban diversity.
Relating to or characteristic of cities or city dwellers.<br><br>Example: "Urbanistic planning emphasizes the design of dense, walkable neighborhoods."
Refinement and elegance that is associated with city life, and the manners and social skills expected in polite urban society.
Urbicolous refers to a type of organism that lives in or on buildings, especially a species of insect that infests buildings or urban areas.