Urbanization as a Global Process of Modernity

The urbanization process
Fig. 1 "Panorama of the city of Osaka (Japan) - a visual example of an urbanized area

The main areas and centers of world urbanization
Fig. 2 "World map of urbanization and population levels in major cities as of 2018".

The main areas and centers of world urbanization
Fig. 3 "Map of Japan with the Tokaido region highlighted - the largest megalopolis in the world with a population of about 70 million people is also located there.

Perspectives on the development of urbanization
Fig. 4 "Perspective world map of urbanization and population levels in major cities by 2030".

Conclusion
In this way, urbanization is a process of increasing the role of cities in the life of human society. The global economic growth of many countries of the world is directly connected to the process of urbanization, due to which urbanization in the present time and in the long term will have a steady increase in all its indicators (the number of urban population, the increase in the area of existing cities and the number of new cities, etc.) and will remain as one of the global processes of modernity.