the conurbations of Tokyo and Osaka
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Meaning of conurbation in English
(Definition of conurbation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
conurbation | Business English
Examples of conurbation
conurbation
In the combined young group, a greater majority of speakers believed that the conurbation should not be divided (13 of 16).
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However, the conurbation was compact, the centre dominated economically, the ancient corporation provided leadership and excellent wholesale markets and the economy was quite different.
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The same can be said of the metropolitan conurbation in the 1850s when compared to the urban clusters that grew around near-northern cities.
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The districts were chosen for their geographical spread and to include rural villages, small towns, suburbs and larger conurbations.
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The capacity to provide information in these conurbations is exceptional in its wealth and complexity, seldom found in other places or in other circumstances.
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The town chosen should not be on the coast or part of a conurbation as this would complicate geographical migration patterns.
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Understandably, most works that have examined the middle classes have tended to focus on the 'city' or neighbouring industrial conurbations.
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But he also insists that policymakers would have been better advised to put money into smaller and less expensive get-away venues, closer to the heart of major conurbations.
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Fifty-one older people, mainly from an urban area but including some from a rural setting and a conurbation, were interviewed and their stories form a number of cases studies.
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It will not stay rich and mellow if we do not have adequate development within the conurbations rather than merely within the rural areas.
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I stress that it is a rural district council and not a mighty, wealthy conurbation.
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The second problem requiring urgent attention is traffic congestion in large conurbations and the concentration of exhaust fumes in cities and intercity transport corridors.
This is particularly true in the major conurbations and in the corridors between them, where use of radio is naturally most concentrated.
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I am satisfied with current operational procedures which require that such flights should be made over water as far as possible, avoiding large conurbations.
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The new town is part of the conurbation and was built to provide a focal point for the renewal of that conurbation.
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