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conurbation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sprawl, urban sprawl |
| Type of | populated area, urban area |
| Has types | subtopia |
Examples of conurbation
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The terms conurbation, metropolis and metroplex are also applied to the latter.
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The conurbation contains the following places, from west to east along the coast.
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A huge conurbation, the city teemed with recent migrants from the rural villages.
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These are both within the metropolitan area of the conurbation known as Auckland.
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Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England.
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Around half of Dorset's population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation.
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It is hoped this will pave the way for better services across the conurbation.
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Japan's most progressive zoo is not in Tokyo or any other modern conurbation.
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The historic town of Wellington now makes up part of the Telford conurbation.
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- An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area. ...
- An extensive urban area formed when two or more cities, originally separate, coalesce to form a continuous metropolitan region.
- Large, effectively continuous urban area produced as urban sprawl leads formerly separate settlements to coalesce.
- Multiple urban centres that have been linked by sprawl into the one urban mass, sometimes called a megapolis.
- A large, interlinked built-up area consisting of previously separate cities and towns that developed into one large urban settlement through a process of urbanisation, urban spread and economic development. Conurbations are strictly phenomena observed from the twentieth century onwards.
- A clustering of towns or cities into an unbroken urban environment.
- A large densely populated urban area formed by the growth and coalescence of individual towns or cities.
- Coalescing multicity urban area free inquiry
