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Urban

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Urban: relating to a town or city.

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Urban geography

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The study of how people use space in cities.

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Urban sprawl

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Poorly planned development that spreads a city’s population over a wider and wider geographic area.

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Urbanization

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The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result.