Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The process of suburbanizing, of population movement from cities to suburbs
Etymologies
- suburbanize + -ation (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This trend toward the 'suburbanization' of poverty is only likely to continue in the wake of the most recent recession," said Elizabeth Kneebone, a Brookings senior research analyst and co-author of the report.”
“Suburbs have seen the greatest growth by far in the number of poor residents and this trend toward the 'suburbanization' of poverty is only likely to continue in the wake of the most recent recession," Kneebone said.”
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals
“Suburbs have seen the greatest growth by far in the number of poor residents, and this trend toward the 'suburbanization' of poverty is only likely to continue in the wake of the most recent recession.”
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal
“Between 1950 and 1973 the “intensification of land use in the lower Mississippi” occurred through suburbanization, agriculture and the gas and oil industry, which helped make New Orleans a lot harder to protect against storms and the floods.”
Hurricane Katrina: The Fate of New Orleans Hangs in an Uncomfortable Balance with Mother Nature
“•Because of suburbanization, cities that were mere specks on the map 20 years ago are major urban centers today.”
“In the 1970s and '80s, cities were going through a lot of changes, suburbanization, new forms of architecture, population shifts.”
“Cox, a free-market proponent, calls the return-to-the-city movement "a false alarm" and says, "The fact is that suburbanization will continue.”
USA Today: Suburban growth focused on inner and outer communities
“The 1950s suburbanization of America, has in fact been described as a flight from the city center, Ground Zero, to a safe distance from the blast - and the Cuban Missile Crisis described as the moment we realized there was no safe distance.”
“In the 1950s, a nationwide trend towards suburbanization occurred as people moved outward from the metropolitan centers to less developed commuter suburbs.”
“The opening of the Garden State Parkway in 1954, however, spurred suburbanization of interior areas of the primarily undeveloped Ocean County.”
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