urban sprawl

noun

|Updated on: 11 Jul 2018

Examples: urban sprawl in a Sentence

Definition of urban sprawl

: the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city

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Examples of urban sprawl in a Sentence

efforts to stop urban sprawl

Recent Examples of urban sprawl from the Web

Today, urban sprawl has covered almost the entire former lakebed, and most of the city's water is pumped from beneath it.

— lizzie wade, Science | AAAS, "Can this environmental engineer—now elected mayor—fix Mexico City?," 2 July 2018
The city has passed development rules that were intended to reduce the impact of urban sprawl.

— john tedesco, San Antonio Express-News, "City says developer who clear cut trees was following rules," 29 June 2018
But for now, Ms Ding sees herself as a victim of urban sprawl, not the denizen of a seamless city cluster.

— The Economist, "China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions," 21 June 2018
Some of Ebacher’s environmental priorities include curbing urban sprawl by promoting development in concentrated areas and enforcing reforestation requirements for developers.

— libby solomon, baltimoresun.com, "Meet the council candidates in central Baltimore County," 12 June 2018
Many townhouse buyers are going from being a renter to an owner, downsizing, or seeking to live in urban sprawl.

— lisa j. huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, "South Florida townhouse construction heats up," 5 June 2018
Satellite images track the changing human footprint across the globe, including rapidly growing cities, urban sprawl and informal settlements.

— melinda laituri, Scientific American, "Should We Always Trust What We See in Satellite Images?," 4 June 2018
Separated from the urban sprawl of Jacksonville — Florida’s largest city in area and population — by a marshy back country alive with spirited wildlife, these islands, waterways, coastal forests and beaches defy the presence of a city.

— bob rountree, Sun-Sentinel.com, "The Talbot Islands: paradise on the edge," 10 Apr. 2018
There were seven cougar attacks in the 1990s because of urban sprawl into the foothills, Myers said.

— christine willmsen, The Seattle Times, "Two attacked by cougar identified; wildlife officials say predator was ‘emaciated’," 22 May 2018

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