ruralization

English

Alternative forms

• ruralisation

Etymology

rural +‎ -ization

Noun

ruralization (usually uncountable, plural ruralizations)

1. the process of making rural.
2. the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
3. the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
4. the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing

Antonyms

• urbanization

Translations

process of making rural

• Finnish: maalaiseksi tekeminen, maalaismaiseksi tekeminen
• German: Ruralisierung f
• Polish: ruralizacja f

change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas

• Finnish: maaseutuistuminen
• German: Ruralisierung f, Verdorfung f
• Polish: ruralizacja f

process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities

• Finnish: maaseutuistuminen
• German: Ruralisierung f, Verdorfung f
• Polish: ruralizacja f