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Noun Concept
Categories: Decentralization, Human geography, Sustainable urban planning, Webarchive template wayback links, Urban studies and planning terminology
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conurbation  urban sprawl  sprawl  Ballungsraum  Causes of urban sprawl
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An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities WordNet 3.0
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An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Urban sprawl is defined as "the spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city". Wikipedia
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. Wikipedia
Expansion of auto-oriented, low-density development in suburbs Wikidata
Group of towns linked by continuous urban area Wikidata
The expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural areas, creating low-density neighbourhoods. OmegaWiki
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl. Wiktionary
An extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl. Wiktionary (translation)
A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. Wiktionary
Haphazard growth. Wiktionary (translation)
An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city. Wiktionary
Growth of housing. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
urban area
phenomenon
HAS KIND
subtopia
transborder agglomeration
Greater Iquique
Greater La Serena
Greater Temuco
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Vientiane
Ruhr
Hector and Ngakawau
Taipa-Mangonui
Greater Rio de Janeiro
+49 relations
DIFFERENT FROM
urban agglomeration
FACET OF
urban planning
OPPOSITE OF
rural exodus
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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conurbation, urban sprawl, sprawl
Wikipedia
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conurbation, urban sprawl
Wikidata
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conurbation, urban sprawl
Wiktionary
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conurbation, sprawl, urban sprawl
OmegaWiki
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urban sprawl
Wikipedia Redirections
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Causes of urban sprawl, Conerbation, Connurbation, Conurbate, Environmental effects of urban sprawl, Health effects of urban sprawl, job sprawl, Los Angelisation, Los angelization, Losangelization, low-density development, Suburban spawl, suburban sprawl, Urban decentralization, urban encroachment, urban expansion, urban growth, urban spawl, Urban Sprawl, Urban sprawl in Maryland, urban spread
Wikidata Alias
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Ballungsraum, suburban sprawl

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