For the majority of human history most people have lived in rural areas. However, in the past fifty years an irregularity has occurred. For the first time in history the majority of the population now live in urban areas due to urbanization (The process of human movement and centralization towards and into cities and urban areas, with the associated industrialization, urban sprawl. This is a result of people moving from rural surroundings so the city, a natural population increase in cities (births minus deaths), and the reclassification of previously rural areas that have been built up.
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