So higher rate of industrialization and development = High rate of Urbanization?
It’s a bit of a curious number for Belgium. I’m guessing I have a different idea about whether certain regions are urban or rural. I would for example consider a large part of Wallony rural, but that’s apparently not the case according to this statistic. I guess my perspective is skewed by the rate of urbanization around me.
Sweden has higher urbanization rate than Spain, it is more humid and flat than Spain. I’ve already said that by nordic standard Spain is very overpopulated, if Spain has only 10 million habitants, quality of life would be better. The politicians often boast natalist policies that sounds too absurd, they do not know a semi-arid plateau cannot sustain high population density.
Misleading.
Different countries use different methodologies, and the graphic fails to weed out these differences.
Sweden’s number, for example, is based upon a Swedish statistic which counts every settlement of at least 200 residents. Most other countries have a much higher threshold for urbanisation, such as settlements of at least 5000 or 10000.
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[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_by_country).
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So higher rate of industrialization and development = High rate of Urbanization?
It’s a bit of a curious number for Belgium. I’m guessing I have a different idea about whether certain regions are urban or rural. I would for example consider a large part of Wallony rural, but that’s apparently not the case according to this statistic. I guess my perspective is skewed by the rate of urbanization around me.
Sweden has higher urbanization rate than Spain, it is more humid and flat than Spain. I’ve already said that by nordic standard Spain is very overpopulated, if Spain has only 10 million habitants, quality of life would be better. The politicians often boast natalist policies that sounds too absurd, they do not know a semi-arid plateau cannot sustain high population density.
Misleading.
Different countries use different methodologies, and the graphic fails to weed out these differences.
Sweden’s number, for example, is based upon a Swedish statistic which counts every settlement of at least 200 residents. Most other countries have a much higher threshold for urbanisation, such as settlements of at least 5000 or 10000.