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Meanings of urban sprawl in English
Russian
эксурбанизация Portuguese
alastramento urbano Spanish
dispersión urbana Catalan
ciutat difusa Expansion of auto-oriented, low-density development in suburbs.
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Examples for "sprawl"
Examples for "sprawl"
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Think of a city centre university and you tend to think 'sprawl'.
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I know a lot of New Yorkers can't stand the concrete sprawl.
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Today, even the lake has disappeared under the sprawl of Mexico's capital.
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Go ahead; you might as well sprawl out and make yourselves comfortable.
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Winter's coming on, so the mattresses sprawl across the living room floor.
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Image: The Phoenix-Scottsdale-Tempe conurbation photographed from the International Space Station in 2006.
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There had been smogs before, in every major conurbation.
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The scrap metal and spare parts from that conurbation-
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She should have been recording, she knew as they moved deeper into the silent conurbation.
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The most dangerous parts of Sydney will be forested areas to the west of the conurbation.
Usage of urban sprawl in English
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While ordinances are in place to constrain urban sprawl, Falkner still worries.
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A coyote whose habitat was destroyed by urban sprawl ate my homework
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But this strange urban sprawl of uneasily conglomerated towns has produced great art.
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But urban sprawl is not just a technical or legal issue.
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Johnson Space Center was located in the far south of Houston's urban sprawl.
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Such is the growth rate of this flatland of urban sprawl.
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But now the studio boys are really creating some urban sprawl out here.
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As she gazed down at the eternal urban sprawl she felt so small.
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Owen Gutfreund talks about the issues of continuing urban sprawl in the United States
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Background: The effect of urban sprawl on body weight in Finland is not well known.
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The measurable characteristics of urban form include city size, urban sprawl, and mixed land use.
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Others warn that the government's strategy risks urban sprawl.
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From both the urban sprawl stretches to the horizon.
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But consumerism and urban sprawl has seen the number of people cycling plummet to record lows.
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It's not the only city grappling with a mixture of urban sprawl and spiralling tourist numbers.
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The traditional Noongar lands stretch across much of southwestern Australia, encompassing the urban sprawl of Perth.
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Translations for urban sprawl
Portuguese
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Urban sprawl through the time
Urban sprawl across language varieties
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Ireland
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United States of America
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