urbanization

2. an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals
8. the action or activity of purchasing goods from stores.
9. human beings in general or considered collectively.
10. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
11. a large town.
13. in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
15. the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.
16. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

1. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
3. a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads
4. the degree of compactness of a substance
5. the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
6. a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
7. relating to society or its organization.
12. something that has grown or is growing
14. in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city