urban sprawl

Meaning

Noun

• An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.

Origin

• First used in 1937.{{cite-book
• |lang=en
• |author=Suinyuy Derrick Ngoran
• |title=Socio-environmental Impacts of Sprawl on the Coastline Of Douala
• |year=2014
• |publisher=Anchor Academic Publishing
• |page=25
• |pageurl=https://books.google.de/books?id=Fd7IAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA25&pg=PA25#v=onepage