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Meanings of suburban sprawl in English

Russian
эксурбанизация
Portuguese
alastramento urbano
Spanish
dispersión urbana
Catalan
ciutat difusa

Expansion of auto-oriented, low-density development in suburbs.

Related terms
эксурбанизация
Usage of suburban sprawl in English
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Despite being part of Denver's suburban sprawl, Aurora has a small-town feel.
The Guardian
2
Like most beach cities, Kihei is a one-dimensional exercise in suburban sprawl.
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3
Rather than the suburban sprawl she'd expected, she was in horse country.
Hush: a novel
4
Modern-day Phoenix is a textbook case of suburban sprawl gone unchecked.
Phoenix noir
5
It's midnight on Friday in a nondescript suburban sprawl outside Rio.
The Irish Times
6
The suburban sprawl of Los Angeles touches the air base's fringe.
News.com.au
7
So-called lifestyle blocks could pose a greater threat to productive land than suburban sprawl.
Radio NZ
8
Cities weren't cities anymore, you know, they just grew out into this suburban sprawl.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
9
The suburban sprawl is divided by leafy parks that house tidy council garden beds.
Radio NZ
10
Geographically, they come from America's heartland-smalltowns, rural cities, swelling suburban sprawl outside larger Sunbelt cities.
Ebony
11
America's love affair with the car, which has helped lead to suburban sprawl, is a hurdle.
Reuters
12
Martz said suburban sprawl in Florida has made transportation solutions like bus routes inefficient and unaffordable.
Reuters
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But I ignored things I didn't find appealing, like the suburban sprawl and big-box retail creep.
Wired
14
This was a time, remember, when there was nothing remotely pejorative about the concept of suburban sprawl.
Disintegration: the splintering of black america
15
Forming part of Melbourne's southeast suburban sprawl, Dunkley has been a win for the Liberals since 1996.
News.com.au
16
Szczecin's suburban sprawl gives way to chocolate-box villages that do not seem to have changed for centuries.
Reuters
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