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Tanit Posted 19 years ago
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00Does somebody know the expression used to indicate a continuous development along a coast? You know, when coastal cities grow so much that you cannot distinguish anymore where the boundary is, and there is no undeveloped land between them.02br
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00I was under the impression that it had something to do with stripes, or ribbons, but I didn't find anything on Google 05002br
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00If you want a big word, you might perhaps call it a 01font00'connurbation'02font00.02br
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00In everyday English, you might say 01font00'a built-up strip along the coast'02font00.02br
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0 Ribbon-development does spring to mind in this reagrd, but I don't think it captures the concept of nearby towns being swallowed up by a bigger, expanding, neighbour. It's happening along the east coast of Ireland as Dublin, pretty much in the centre of the east coast, expands into Bray and Arklow to the south and Drogheda and Dundalk to the north - as well as westwards into the island. We jus
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0Hi,02br
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00Thank you all for these suggestions! 02br
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00I think that "conurbation," "sprawl" and "agglomeration" are too general (I mean, they could be used also for non-coastal areas and they do not refer to the shape), the others seem very good to me.02br
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00Also, I managed to find the book were I read the expression I wa
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01font00Would you say 'urban strip development' or just 'strip development' can be understood without this long explanation? Does it sound natural to you?02font02br
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00I think you need some explanation of the nature and scale of what you are talking about. eg 'Strip development' can just refer to the d
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01cite10Clive12cite10I think you need some explanation of the nature and scale of what you are talking about. eg 'Strip development' can just refer to the development of a 500 metre strip of land beside a road.12br
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10Thanks, I didn't think of that! One way or the other, it seems I'll
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0[color=blue]Urban subsumption[/color] - there's a term to conjure with 05002br
00 It's just occurred to me, I've never of heard it before and yet it covers the concept nicely, if I say so myself. 010id2
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0What a funny post ... if I quote it, it looks the way it should be, without all those funny thingies01blockquote
01cite10Eviltony12cite10[color=blue]Urban subsumption[/color] - there's a term to conjure with 15012br
10It's just occurred to me, I've never of heard it before and yet it covers the concept nicely, if I say so myself.12bl
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