Definition of urbanized | Bee Dictionary of English

v make more industrial or city-like
The area was urbanized after many people moved in
v impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them
s made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
the urbanized Eastern states

These stories are symptomatic of a virulent outbreak, in modern, urbanized America, of an early frontier frenzy: land fever.
Like Germany at the end of World War II, Iraq is an urbanized but ravaged society living in the shadow of a vile dictatorship.
They point out that Delhi's monkeys have become urbanized and may not survive in the wild.

Rainwater Harvesting
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 6, 2013) - For centuries, people have collected rainwater for drinking, washing and irrigation purposes. With the advent of municipal water treatment, rainwater collection became less popular in urbanized centres, though water storage cisterns can still be found in old farmhouses across Canada. But recently, rainwater harvesting has experienced an increase in ...
June 6, 2013 - Marketwire

Rufus L. Edmisten in News & Observer (registration)
We're not pointing fingers. But the fact is under the Local Government Code, the mayor of that municipality or city or highly urbanized area is the chief executive responsible for executing or implementing all the plans for the environment that... Miriam Defensor-Santiago http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Defensor_Santiago&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWVDfyOooj_kT3lpvONSc9RkcXuQ GMA news.tv http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173859/suspend-dilg-chief-mayors-of-ondoy-hit-areas-arroyo-urged&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFFT4sgsgPBLbTJCv5PC2qUj3Hbhg Oct 5, 2009 106654 139748 urbanized It's a totally different era," said Rufus Edmisten, former attorney general and Democratic nominee for governor in 1984. "Like it or not, we have lots of small, rural towns, but we're urbanized now. We're as sophisticated as any state in the...
Noli de Castro in Inquirer.net
Being a highly urbanized city, Bacolod has a great potential to develop central business districts and commercial mix-use areas,De Castro said.