Urbanization is the increase in the percentage of the population residing in cities. Presently, forty-five percent of the world's population is urban. This figure represents industrial and traditional society. Urban areas make up one third of traditional society, and three fourths of industrial society. These two types of societies vary in many different ways. Two of which are growth rate, and the decline of the nucleus of the city. In traditional societies urbanization grows very …showed first 75 words of 628 total…

…showed last 75 words of 628 total…inner city where people live with limited means, and the other world is the suburbs that thrive. These two societies also share some similarities. People will always move to the big city in hopes of making their life better. But in reality most of the people will suffer due to the lack of employment, housing, and government aid. References Curry, Tim. Jiobu, Robert. Schwirian, Kent. (2002). Sociology For The Twenty-First Century. Chapter 14, 391-417 www.prenhall.com