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Evergrande's rise was propelled by decades of rapid urbanisation and rising living standards, but in 2020, its access to credit dramatically narrowed when the government introduced curbs on excessive borrowing and speculation.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 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

But urbanisation has seen encroachment onto these age-old grazing routes and locals accuse the Fulani of letting their cattle trample their crops and forcing them out of their homes and fields.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

"It will also create an ecosystem within the desert which can help mitigate urbanisation, and produce income for farmers," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

The result was an increasing urbanisation, and a new population of free 'resident aliens.'

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph