urban sprawl
English edit
Etymology edit
First used in 1937.[1]
Noun edit
urban sprawl (countable and uncountable, plural urban sprawls)
- (urban studies) An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.
- Synonyms: suburban sprawl, urban encroachment
Translations edit
growth of housing
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Suinyuy Derrick Ngoran (2014) Socio-environmental Impacts of Sprawl on the Coastline Of Douala, Anchor Academic Publishing, page 25: “According to Wassmer (2002), the term, “urban sprawl”, was first used in 1937 by Earle Draper of the Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA), USA, in a national conference of planners.”
Further reading edit
- urban sprawl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia