industrial suburb

collocation in English

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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suburb
noun
uk
/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/us
/ˈsʌb.ɝːb/
an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandsuburbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindustrial suburb

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Rocklea is a mostlyindustrialsuburb, being the home to many large firms from a range industries.
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Zetland is a largelyindustrialsuburbwith medium to high density residential areas.
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It is a predominantlyindustrialsuburb, with many engineering and manufacturing facilities located there.
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Brendale is mostly anindustrialsuburb, although several parks exist within it.
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Keysborough includes market gardens and semi-rural properties and is also a large residential/industrialsuburbwhich started to grow in the 1960s and well into the 1990s.
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Industrial suburbs, however, later became engulfed in the dense residential spread of the city.
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Outwork lace manufacture extended to the industrial suburbs and beyond.
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Trams, automobiles and town planning encouraged the separate development of industrial suburbs and residential suburbs, with laborers commuting between them.
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Sometimes these hostels were located in cheaper industrial suburbs.
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The second important shift that can be noted through the growth and development of the canal is the creation of industrial suburbs.
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Economic function may change, for example when improved transport brings commuters to industrial suburbs or railway towns in search of suburban living.
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As a result urban poverty became a feature of city life, and the slum areas of the inner industrial suburbs spread.
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Many commuters work in such industrial suburbs but few reside; hence, they are not commuter towns.
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