urban boundary

collocation in English

meaningsofurbanandboundary

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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɜː.bən/us
/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofurbanandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As is often the case with daytime heating, this warming also has the effect of generating convective winds within theurbanboundarylayer.
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The absence of solar heating causes the atmospheric convection to decrease, and theurbanboundarylayer begins to stabilize.
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There are plans to extend the dual carriageway by 5km mi to theurbanboundary.
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Despite fundamental differences between the two, both formal and informal worlds often shared the same space and time within urban boundaries.
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They constituted an indispensable private sphere for petty business, societies of women and the town-country relationships which criss-crossed institutional and urban boundaries.
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Militarism caused urban boundaries to be continually redrawn.
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In most instances, this connection is revealed as an intuition that the patterns for urban boundaries 'feel right'.
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These schemes can help us to redevelop within our urban boundaries and, hopefully, relieve the pressure on greenfield sites.
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Time, further analysis and consideration of alternative initiatives is needed before the extension of protection to hedgerows and, indeed, other field, road or urban boundaries is embarked upon.
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With artificial urban boundaries, new townhouse type developmentsoften nostalgically evoking old style terraces in a modern stylereturned to the favour of local planning offices in many suburban areas.
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