urban growth
Metropolitan area spreading
Urban growth is the expansion of cities and metropolitan areas, whether through population increase, geographic spread, or both.
The term appears in planning, policy, and environmental contexts: Urban growth has put pressure on the region's water supply.
An urban growth boundary is a zoning line meant to contain sprawl and preserve surrounding land.
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- transportation networksSystems moving people, goods
- traffic congestionOvercrowded roads, stalled movement
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- city limitsOfficial municipal boundary
housing developments · migration · sprawl · zoning laws · industrialization · overcrowding · inner city · population density · gentrification · real estate markets · smart cities · sustainability · megacity · displacement · green spaces · annexation · public utilities · metropolis
- growthgrow, growing, increase, increasing, expansion
- Georgian BritainGeorge III, Walpole, Culloden, Georgian era, Regency period
- land usezoning ordinances, suburban sprawl, land management, arable land, industrial
- Regional Planningcity planning, community planning, rezoning, corridors, redevelopment
- regional statisticspopulation data, demographic trends, birth rates, death rates, economic indicators
- urban economyjobs, employment, business district, economic development, commerce
urban growthurban decay
City infrastructure deterioration
depopulation · urban blight · population decline · population loss · urban exodus
urban growthrural decline
Countryside population and economic loss
rural exodus · rural flight · counterurbanization · suburbanization