Historical and Social Aspects of the Urbanization Process in Ukraine

Abstract

The article discusses the development of the urbanization process in Ukraine, highlights itsstages and describes the factors, under the influence of which cities appeared and developed. Considerable attention is paid to the characteristics of the periods of urbanization in our country. In particular, the following stages of this process are highlighted: the emergence of the first cities and Greek colonial cities, the emergence of ancient Russian cities as defensive and craft centers, the intensification of urban development under the influence of the development of manufactory production, transport routes, the rapid development of cities under the influence of industrialization, the formation of agglomerations and the modern period of development urban settlements, for which the phenomenon of deurbanization is typical. The periods of prosperity and decline of cities, causes of urbanization, suburbanization and deurbanization, transformation of the functions of cities in the modern period and their role in resettlement systems are revealed.

Keywords: urbanization, urbanization processes, deurbanization, city, settlement systems