The article proves the presence of the following well-known global trends in the development of the urbanization process: a steady increase in the urban population in almost all countries; the staged nature of the urbanization process (the passage of pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial stages); the growth of the number of megacities in the world; differences in the course of urbanization processes in developed and developing countries; dependence of the level of urbanization on the level of economic development of the country. Based on a comparative analysis of foreign urbanization practices, existing world models of urbanization and the tools used (Belarus, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, China, Poland, Russia, Tanzania, Turkey, Japan) are systematized. Based on the achieved effects, the need to consider urban policy in the aspect of integrated regional development in developing countries, including the Republic of Uzbekistan, is justified.