Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...evidence that our older cities can make a comeback despite the problems to which they are prone. As president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors I am especially appreciative of the continued efforts of TIME to point out the need to meet the challenge of the growth of our urban areas...
...during the previous six-month center-left government. The Christian Democrats want to pull out all stops to check Italy's 6% inflation, with tight wage and credit controls. The Socialists want to combine a milder anti-inflation program with a five-year economic development plan and an urban land-expropriation scheme to halt speculation and build low-cost housing...
Deep Discontent. The impact of steadily soaring prices of rice and grain, India's staples, as well as those of vegetables, eggs and cooking oil, is felt hardest by the urban dwellers, who make up 18% of the population. A man and his wife, both employees of the Kerala state government at a combined wage of $84 per month, well above India's average, these days are forced to halve the family's milk consumption, cut out eggs entirely, and stretch the supply of rice by eating it in the form of soupy gruel. A Calcutta schoolteacher...
Only after the rapid period of growth following World War II has France achieved the urban level of other large Western countries, said Mr. Charles Tilly, Research associate for the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies in a panel on "Urbanization in Modern France...
Unlike other countries, the population of urban France is centered about Paris, which is about ten times larger than Lyon, the next largest metropolitan area. The rivalry among provincial cities is greatly reduced in comparison to competition between cities in other countries, explained Mr. Tilly...