Cities are urbanized areas, farms are rural areas, so basically urbanized areas are areas with a concentrated amount of people and buildings and factories and technology and all that
Fuel cars and airplanes, power electricity plants, and heat our homes.
It matters not just what information is collected but also what inferences and predictions are made based upon it. Personal data is used by algorithms to make incredibly important decisions, like whether someone should maintain their health care benefits, or be released on bail.
It is called surface currents.