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Definitions for urban sprawl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ur′ban sprawl′(n.)

  1. the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions.

    Category: Sociology

Origin of urban sprawl:

1955–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. conurbation, urban sprawl, sprawl(noun)

    an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

Wiktionary

  1. urban sprawl(Noun)

    an unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc on the edge of a city

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