noun
- plural of citification; the process or result of making a place more urban in character, infrastructure, or culture
Usage: formal; often used in urban planning and sociology contexts
Examples
- The rapid citifications of rural areas have transformed the landscape over the past decade.
- Urban planners studied the citifications that occurred in developing nations.
- Environmental groups expressed concern about the citifications of previously agricultural regions.
- The citifications brought new infrastructure, including highways and shopping centers.
- Sociologists examined how citifications affected traditional community structures.