urban sprawl

English Thesaurus

1. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities (noun.location)

hypernym	:	populated area, urban area,
definition	:	a geographical area constituting a city or town (noun.location)

hyponym	:	subtopia,
definition	:	monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	luda, luta,
definition	:	an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun (noun.location)