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con·ur·ba·tion

(kŏn′ər-bā′shən)

A predominantly urban region including adjacent towns and suburbs; a metropolitan area.

[con- + Latin urbs, urb-, city; see wer- in Indo-European roots + -ation.]

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conurbation

(ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃən)

(Human Geography) a large densely populated urban sprawl formed by the growth and coalescence of individual towns or cities

[C20: from con- + -urbation, from Latin urbs city; see urban]

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con•ur•ba•tion

(ˌkɒn ərˈbeɪ ʃən)

n.

an extensive urban area resulting from the expansion of several cities or towns.

[1910–15; con- + Latin urb(s) city + -ation]

conurbation

a densely populated urban area, usually a large city surrounded closely by smaller ones.

conurbation

[ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃən] N (Brit) → conurbación f

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conurbation

[ˌkɒnə^rˈbeɪʃ^ən] n → conurbation f

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conurbation

n → Ballungsgebiet nt → or -raum m → or -zentrum nt, → Conurbation f (spec)

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conurbation

[ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃ/ən] n → conurbazione f

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Such as Estimating Local Mortality Burdens associated with Particulate Air Pollution from Public Health England, which suggests that poor air quality is contributing to 1,460 deaths per annum in the West Midlands conurbation.

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A conurbation is an extensive urban area resulting from the expansion of several cities or towns so that they merge but usually retain their separate identities.

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"The core city is the most important council in the conurbation. What it does affects the whole conurbation more than the work of any other council." Cllr Kemp said that there had been objections to the name from at least two councils.

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The axe on ring-and-ride is being wielded because the seven district councils in the conurbation have had to rein in spending because of central government cuts.

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They state that in the last 50 years the DR has followed a growth model that has seen almost a third of the country's population concentrated in the capital and the metropolitan areas, reflected over the last few years by a process of conurbation in Haina, San Cristobal, Boca Chica and Villa Mella.

Urban population increasing

The property concerned is located in the department of Val d'Oise, in the French municipalities of Eragny-sur-Oise and Saint-Ouen l'Aumone, in the conurbation of Cergy-Pontoise.

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We don't regard ourselves as part of a conurbation? We have been part of the huge conurbation around the M62 corridor ever since it was built.

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The conurbation of Birmingham and the Black Country and its satellite towns are a single mass - people travel freely from one place to another and challenges in housing, transport and education can only be addressed on a conurbation-wide level.

Think regional - or we'll be left behind; viewpoint

"Middlesbrough lies at the heart of the Teesside conurbation and the wider Tees Valley city region which is home to 720,000 people.

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With the new partners, the Austrian company aims at expanding its presence to the whole country, with a focus on conurbation areas.

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"If this carries on we'll end up with a sprawling conurbation from Warwick up to Nuneaton and across to Solihull."

SAVE OUR FIELDS SAY RESIDENTS

Plans will go before city councillors on Friday, with planners describing the scheme as "hugely significant for the continuing redevelopment of the city and the Tyne & Wear conurbation".