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However, urbanisation is pushing larger populations closer to these natural reservoirs of Ebola and increasing the risk of transmission.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Threatened in peacetime by deforestation, intensive agriculture, urbanisation, pollution, hunting and climate change, Russia's 2022 invasion has wrought yet more suffering on Ukraine's birdlife.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The elevator market is driven by urbanisation and a growing service sector, as demand grows in countries with aging populations too weak to use stairs, according to experts.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Experts have repeatedly called for infrastructure upgrades, especially in the greater Athens area, which is surrounded by mountains and crisscrossed by hundreds of waterways, most of them covered to accommodate rampant urbanisation in recent decades.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

It may perhaps more reasonably be sought in the haste and superficiality which our present phase of urbanisation fosters, and only the most robust genius can adequately withstand.

From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock