rurban

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Etymology

Blend of rural +‎ urban, early 20th c.

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rurban (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics.
    • 1915, Charles J. Galpin, Rural Life, New York: The Century Company:
    • 1926, John M. Gillette, “Community Concepts”, in Social Forces, volume 4, number 4, page 686:
      The rurban community offers greater possibilities of social stratification than does the open country community.
    • 1946, Walter Firey, “Ecological Considerations in Planning for Rurban Fringes”, in American Sociological Review, volume 11, number 4, page 413:
      There exists what has come to be called the "rurban fringe," an area occupied by tar paper shacks and stately estates, large commercial farms and one-acre part-time farms, golf courses and cemeteries, airports and obnoxious industries.
    • 2002, Andre Wink, “From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean: Medieval History in Geographic Perspective”, in Comparative Studies in Society and History, volume 44, number 3, page 428:
      In the lands of the Indian Ocean ‘agrarian cities’ and ‘rurban’ settlements of all sizes were the general rule throughout the medieval period.

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