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/ˈɹɜːb(ə)n/ · adjective
Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics..
The rurban community offers greater possibilities of social stratification than does the open country community.
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.
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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Rurban means Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics..
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The rurban community offers greater possibilities of social stratification than does the open country community.
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