CONURBATION


Meaning of CONURBATION in English

noun

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■ ADJECTIVE

large

Between 1961 and 1981, the population of the six largest conurbations fell by 2 million.

In the other areas the larger cities and conurbations proved difficult to incorporate in a wider uniform pattern.

In the large conurbations , the creation of unitary authorities has required new quangos and joint boards to handle such issues.

Which is the largest conurbation in this area?

They also came from large conurbations able to provide additional revenue through commercial support and gate income.

major

In addition, other policies had an adverse effect on the major conurbations .

Work will then start as soon as possible so that major conurbations at least are cabled by 1986.

Even in this case, Redcliffe-Maud recommended a two-tier structure in the three major conurbations outside London.

However, their potential implications for the major conurbations merits their inclusion here.

It failed to create a genuinely corporate approach towards the problems of a single, major conurbation .

Headquarters is located in a major conurbation where there is a wide variety of manufacturing industry.

DONs can be a fast way of establishing links between major conurbations , often by means of fibre optics.

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Despite its physical separation from the continuously built up conurbation , Cramlington is now socially a part of Tyneside.

From that moment, it was doomed to become a huge, sprawling, one-story conurbation , hopelessly dependent on the automobile.

However, their potential implications for the major conurbations merits their inclusion here.

It failed to create a genuinely corporate approach towards the problems of a single, major conurbation .

North Shields and Cramlington are both parts of the Tyneside conurbation .

The older conurbations, cores tend to accommodate larger proportions of the unemployed.

The other factor was the need to cater for population moving out of the Tyneside conurbation .

These engulfed some older villages, such as Gosforth, which are now smaller shopping centres within the conurbation .

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