urban sprawl

English

Etymology

First used in 1937.

Noun

urban sprawl (countable and uncountable, plural urban sprawls)

1. (urban studies) An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.

Translations

growth of housing

• Estonian: hajalinnastumine
• French: étalement urbain (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: alastramento urbano m
• Spanish: dispersión urbana

See also

• Los Angelization

Further reading

• urban sprawl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia