Which term refers to the process of a rural area becoming more urban over time?

• A. Urbanization
• B. Diaspora
• C. Remittance
• D. Forced Migration

Answer: (A)

Urbanization is the process being described: rural areas gradually become more urban as people move to towns and cities for jobs, services, and better infrastructure, and as economic activity concentrates there. This shift leads to expansion of urban boundaries, more housing, shops, and transportation networks, and a change in land use from agriculture to mixed urban uses.

The other terms don’t describe this transformation. A diaspora refers to the spread of a population from its homeland across regions or countries. Remittance means money that migrants send back to their home communities, not the physical change of place. Forced migration is movement caused by coercion or danger, not the gradual development of urban areas.