This book focuses on urbanization in the northern area of Malaysia and also on the urbanization paradigm, the rise of urbanization as well as strategies of urbanization. There are five chapters in this book. Chapter 1 is the introduction and it presents the background of urbanization and the study area (the Northern Corridor Economic Region). Chapter 2 discusses the paradigm of urbanization by describing the notion pertaining urbanization. Chapter 3 demonstrates the rise of urbanization,

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... ng the progress of the urbanization process in the world. Chapter 4 discusses urbanization in the Northern Corridor Economic Region and describes the results of research regarding urbanization in the Northern Corridor Economic Region that demonstrates descriptive statistics. This chapter also explains the research methodology employed in the study (i.e., quantitative approach). The findings showed that the majority of respondents agreed with the statements concerning urbanization and the role of urbanization. Chapter 5 describes the strategy of urbanization, implying the technique to address the urbanization problem.