Meaning of rurban fringe | Babel Free
Definitions
An overlapping area between city and countryside which has some characteristics of each.
Examples
“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.”
“The rurban fringe conflict is between town and country.”
“They had produced a scheme which encompassed mixtures of each, resulting in Townscape, Rurban Fringe, Farmscape, Marginal Fringe and Wildscape categories which had been derived from the high detailed land⟳ use⟳ data.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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