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Urbanization in Pakistan- Causes, Impacts and Solutions

January 23, 2025 No Comments

What is meant by Urbanization? Urbanization means increase in the population shift from rural areas like villages and country sides to more urban areas due to technological, industrial and modern development hubs such as cities and towns. Urbanization is becoming an increasing problem worldwide as well as in Pakistan. This is not surprising considering that […]

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Urbanization – Causes, Effects, and Solutions

April 14, 2021 5 Comments
urbanization causes urban heat island

INTRODUCTION Urbanization: It is defined as urban sprawl due to the increasing population. It is also described as turning a land space into a metropolitan area. Urbanization refers to the increasing population in urban areas as more people are shifting to urban societies. It could be elaborated as small areas having a large number of […]

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