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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
OBS

ribbon sprawl development is composed of segments compact within themselves, but which extend axially and leave the interstices undeveloped. (L.S. Bourne, Internal Structure of the City, Toronto, 1971, Oxford University Press, p. 476)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
OBS

[...] s'étendant le long d'un axe mais laissant les interstices non développés. (La Revue de géographie de Montréal, vol. XXIV, n° 1, 1970)

Spanish

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