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单词 urban sprawl
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Definition of urban sprawl in US English:

urban sprawl

nounˈərbən sprôl
  • The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Loss of rural farm and forestlands in the face of urban sprawl is a growing concern in the United States.
    • Voice your concern about loss of wildlife habitat to new road construction, road expansion, and urban sprawl.
    • About 1,000 square miles of the drained wetlands are used for sugarcane farming, and the rest is urban sprawl.
    • They lower surrounding property value and contribute to urban sprawl as businesses relocate to farmland and open space.
    • Rural homesteads beyond the tentacles of urban sprawl remain the best place to preserve traditional Amish ways.
    • In this case, the issue is urban sprawl - that's the issue we're representing here at a national level.
    • As urban sprawl continues and zoning laws are not established, more battlefields are lost each year.
    • Because of urban sprawl, it's more difficult for people to get in touch with the natural world.
    • According to the report, urban sprawl results in the development of areas that are strictly commercial, industrial or residential.
    • They also say that urban sprawl on hillsides and in low-lying areas has been allowed to grow out of control.
    • So, for example, just the other day did you a story about urban sprawl and the effect of illegal immigration on the environment.
    • It would be a tragedy to see this special place spoiled by urban sprawl, given its natural beauty and well-preserved history.
    • What it rarely does is reflect upon big-picture issues such as energy efficiency, public transit and urban sprawl.
    • Due to the geographical limitations of the sea on one side and mountains on the other, the urban sprawl is confined to one area.
    • One of the last open spaces available to the many people living in the Tang Hall, Osbaldwick and Appletree Village areas will become urban sprawl.
    • The postwar years brought a vast urban sprawl and a tangle of freeways, along with increasing ethnic and class divisions.
    • Cities have overflowed into suburbs, and urban sprawl has made some idyllic suburbs a congestion nightmare.
    • Even out in Nebraska, urban sprawl destroys cornfield after cornfield.
    • Portland and Oregon led the nation in efforts to legislate and regulate an end to - or at least a slowing of - urban sprawl.
    • Consider the problems arising from overpopulation and urban sprawl.

Definition of urban sprawl in US English:

urban sprawl

nounˈərbən sprôl
  • The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Voice your concern about loss of wildlife habitat to new road construction, road expansion, and urban sprawl.
    • They lower surrounding property value and contribute to urban sprawl as businesses relocate to farmland and open space.
    • Consider the problems arising from overpopulation and urban sprawl.
    • So, for example, just the other day did you a story about urban sprawl and the effect of illegal immigration on the environment.
    • In this case, the issue is urban sprawl - that's the issue we're representing here at a national level.
    • Because of urban sprawl, it's more difficult for people to get in touch with the natural world.
    • Portland and Oregon led the nation in efforts to legislate and regulate an end to - or at least a slowing of - urban sprawl.
    • Loss of rural farm and forestlands in the face of urban sprawl is a growing concern in the United States.
    • They also say that urban sprawl on hillsides and in low-lying areas has been allowed to grow out of control.
    • According to the report, urban sprawl results in the development of areas that are strictly commercial, industrial or residential.
    • As urban sprawl continues and zoning laws are not established, more battlefields are lost each year.
    • Due to the geographical limitations of the sea on one side and mountains on the other, the urban sprawl is confined to one area.
    • One of the last open spaces available to the many people living in the Tang Hall, Osbaldwick and Appletree Village areas will become urban sprawl.
    • What it rarely does is reflect upon big-picture issues such as energy efficiency, public transit and urban sprawl.
    • It would be a tragedy to see this special place spoiled by urban sprawl, given its natural beauty and well-preserved history.
    • About 1,000 square miles of the drained wetlands are used for sugarcane farming, and the rest is urban sprawl.
    • Even out in Nebraska, urban sprawl destroys cornfield after cornfield.
    • Rural homesteads beyond the tentacles of urban sprawl remain the best place to preserve traditional Amish ways.
    • The postwar years brought a vast urban sprawl and a tangle of freeways, along with increasing ethnic and class divisions.
    • Cities have overflowed into suburbs, and urban sprawl has made some idyllic suburbs a congestion nightmare.
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