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suburbanization

suburbanization

2 6.6
The growth of suburbs when people and businesses move there
  • noun
  • /səˌbɜːrbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : suburbanización
  • Suburbanization and exurbanization based on the automobile permitted middle-class families to live in low-density suburbs and exurban locations.
  • the rapid suburbanization
  • suburbanization process

Some people have spoken of this in terms of the suburbanization of cities.

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Examples

  • City planners sought to change the town's structure and eliminate the ill effects of downtown decay and increasing suburbanization.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Its population has increased due to suburbanization trends, but Prague has remained the region's natural center for both employment opportunities and entertainment.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Indeed, the suburbanization of America is likely to continue over the next decade.

    Blog text (25)
  • Only recently has modest black suburbanization been evident.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The net effect is suburbanization and growing areal spread of the metropolitan area.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The trends of urbanization and suburbanization will very likely continue.

    Academic text (2003)
  • More generally, government support for suburbanization independently of highway construction was fueled by racism.

    Blog text (33)
  • In response, wealthier Baltimoreans fled upland, beginning a wave of suburbanization that continues.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The rapid suburbanization of the area has led to an increase in local schools and shops.

  • Many families moved to the suburbs during the suburbanization trend of the 1960s, seeking larger homes and better schools.

Synonyms

decentralization
vssuburbanization
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Movement of people and businesses from big cities to smaller towns

focuses on people, businesses, and services moving into nearby residential zones and causing growth

Antonyms

urbanization
  • Specialized
11 4.6

A change that makes a place more like a city with more people living and working there

How Extensive

sprawl
24 5.7
suburbanization
2 6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

suburbanization = suburbanize (semi-transparent) = sub + urban + ize + ation

The noun is regularly formed from the verb 'suburbanize' by the suffix '-ation'.

Etymology

Suburbanization comes from suburb, which is made of sub- 'near' and urban 'city', so it means 'making areas near the city'. That's why suburbanization describes people and services moving out of the city into nearby neighborhoods and the growth of suburbs.