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But more Chinese people are frequently swapping soup and noodle dishes for salads and sandwiches as the country urbanizes and growing numbers find employment in the private sector.
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Lyric Li, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
South Korea, for example, has urbanized at blistering speed, with the percentage of people living in and around cities doubling between 1966 and 1986, from 33 to 67 percent.
—Monica Das Gupta, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2017
The urge to urbanize is hard-wired in us because cities are life.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
The ecological consequences of such a timing shift could thus be serious, especially as our world continues to urbanize at an increasing pace.
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2013
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Lyric Li, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
South Korea, for example, has urbanized at blistering speed, with the percentage of people living in and around cities doubling between 1966 and 1986, from 33 to 67 percent.
—Monica Das Gupta, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2017
The urge to urbanize is hard-wired in us because cities are life.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
The ecological consequences of such a timing shift could thus be serious, especially as our world continues to urbanize at an increasing pace.
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2013
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“Urbanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanize. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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