urbanized area
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An area that has become more like a city.
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- The once-rural landscape is now a highly urbanized area with skyscrapers and highways.
- Census data shows a significant population shift towards the newly urbanized area in the south.
- Environmentalists are concerned about the loss of biodiversity in this rapidly urbanized area.
- The government plans to develop infrastructure to support the growing urbanized area.
- What was once farmland has become a sprawling urbanized area over the last fifty years.
- Living in a densely populated, urbanized area presents unique social challenges.
- As industries moved in, the surrounding region transformed into a major urbanized area.
- How does the water management system cope with the demands of such a large urbanized area?
- Many of the world's most urbanized areas face issues with air pollution and traffic congestion.
- The Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan region is considered the world's most populous urbanized area.