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Meanings of urban sprawl in English

Portuguese
alastramento urbano
Catalan
conurbació
Spanish
extensión urbana

An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.

        alastramento urbano
        Russian
        эксурбанизация
        Portuguese
        alastramento urbano
        Spanish
        dispersión urbana
        Catalan
        ciutat difusa

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

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            эксурбанизация
            Usage of urban sprawl in English
            1
            While ordinances are in place to constrain urban sprawl, Falkner still worries.
            Reuters
            2
            A coyote whose habitat was destroyed by urban sprawl ate my homework
            X-treme latin: lingua latina extrema: all the latin you need to ...
            3
            But this strange urban sprawl of uneasily conglomerated towns has produced great art.
            The Guardian
            4
            But urban sprawl is not just a technical or legal issue.
            The Guardian
            5
            Johnson Space Center was located in the far south of Houston's urban sprawl.
            Riding rockets
            6
            Such is the growth rate of this flatland of urban sprawl.
            The Irish Times
            7
            But now the studio boys are really creating some urban sprawl out here.
            The flock
            8
            As she gazed down at the eternal urban sprawl she felt so small.
            The panic zone
            9
            Owen Gutfreund talks about the issues of continuing urban sprawl in the United States
            Radio NZ
            10
            Background: The effect of urban sprawl on body weight in Finland is not well known.
            Pubmed
            11
            The measurable characteristics of urban form include city size, urban sprawl, and mixed land use.
            Pubmed
            12
            Others warn that the government's strategy risks urban sprawl.
            The Guardian
            13
            From both the urban sprawl stretches to the horizon.
            Bangkok 8
            14
            But consumerism and urban sprawl has seen the number of people cycling plummet to record lows.
            Radio NZ
            15
            It's not the only city grappling with a mixture of urban sprawl and spiralling tourist numbers.
            The Irish Times
            16
            The traditional Noongar lands stretch across much of southwestern Australia, encompassing the urban sprawl of Perth.
            BBC
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