overcrowded city

collocation in English

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overcrowded
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈkraʊ.dɪd/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkraʊ.dɪd/
containing too many people ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition ofovercrowdedandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tirane, the capital, is the mostovercrowdedcity, housing approximately one sixth of the entire population of the country, however the population is in continuous transition.
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We do not want another thousand semi-civil servants in ourovercrowdedcity.
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What a thought—17 storeys high in anovercrowdedcitywhere people have, as it were, already built in on themselves.
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That is something which is missing inovercrowdedcitylife.
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Both the 19th century nightmare of theovercrowdedcityand the 20th century nightmare of the overbuilt countryside can and will be avoided.
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Initially ribbon development but then housing estates were built as more people moved out of theovercrowdedcity.
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Outside the city walls, suburbs had sprung up providing homes for the craftsmen and tradespeople who flocked to the alreadyovercrowdedcity.
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They are interested primarily in the fees they can earn, and if they can earn more by bringing workers to an alreadyovercrowdedcity, they do so.
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It was necessary that many people should move out of overcrowded cities into better homes and a better environment.
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Men and women have been flocking from our fields and farms to the already overcrowded cities and towns.
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The other alternative is high density development in the central areas, the building of high flats in already overcrowded cities.
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Obviously, for many people in overcrowded cities life is already difficult, and the arrival of more immigrants will make it more difficult.
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The second factor in our modern pattern of society is the development away from overcrowded cities into satellite towns.
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We have no wish to add to our already overcrowded cities.
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It was alleged that they overcrowded cities, created insanitary habits and were responsible for a deterioration of the national standard of life.
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This will have to be done if we are not to suffer for the next quarter of a century from fantastic land prices, wretchedly overcrowded cities, and insoluble traffic problems.
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Overcrowded cities suffered from widespread poverty and became potentially volatile places of social unrest.
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There would also be pressure to house a growing population and disperse more population away from overcrowded cities.
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Large overcrowded cities were obliged by law to make plans to expand.
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Without such controls, large numbers of rural residents undoubtedly would move to the overcrowded cities in search of better living standards, work, or education.
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