for almost 5000 years cities change

for almost 5000 years cities changed little then their growth in size and number was so rapid that it has been called an urban revolution or urban explosion in 1700 less than 2 percent of the population of great britain lived in cities but by 1900 the majority of the british did so other european countries and the united states soon achieved the same level of urbanization in an even shorter period today these and other western countries are among the most urbanized in the world along with many latin american countries which have become mostly urbanized in more recent years.