urban sprawl
noun[U]
us/ˈɜr·bən ˈsprɔl/thespreadof acityinto theareasurroundingit, often withoutplanning:
Hugetouristattractionshaveproducedchokingurban sprawl.
| 单词 | urban sprawl |
| 释义 | urban sprawl noun[U] us/ˈɜr·bən ˈsprɔl/thespreadof acityinto theareasurroundingit, often withoutplanning: Hugetouristattractionshaveproducedchokingurban sprawl. Examplesofurban sprawlurban sprawl It could so easily have become swamped inurbansprawl, in a way that is essential it should not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His discourse thus far suggests that he regards any extension of urban space to be ipso factourbansprawl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fundamental aim of green belt policy is to preventurbansprawl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree with me that the metropolitan green belt is the greatest bulwark againsturbansprawl? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would form a dormitory suburb which would be an outstanding example of undesirableurbansprawl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But the metropolitanists never mastered the post-depression forces that impoverished the urban core and promotedurbansprawl. From theCambridge English Corpus Changes in conditions that affect germination behaviour may be linked to human activities including, directly or indirectly,urbansprawl. From theCambridge English Corpus These include increased federal regulation, disparate farmer incomes, disappearance of the mid-sized farm, andurbansprawl. From theCambridge English Corpus Commercial logging,urbansprawl, livestock ranching, and other activities are likewise of considerable importance, but lie beyond the scope of this paper. From theCambridge English Corpus Comasina has been eaten up by theurbansprawland is no longer a peripheral area in the same sense. From theCambridge English Corpus We should try to assist these people, because with increasingurbansprawlthere is great difficulty in obtaining adequate tracks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They did nothing to deal with the problems ofurbansprawland the decline of our inner cites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In years to come we could end up with a continuousurbansprawlfrom the new towns to the old. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That outward thrust of people and homes eroded the green belts and huge areas of agricultural land were consumed byurbansprawl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Sooner or later we are going to turn the whole of this country into oneurbansprawl, and the same applies to the coast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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