peri-urban

See also: periurban

English

WOTD – 29 October 2012

Alternative forms

• periurban

Etymology

From peri- +‎ urban.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈɝ.bən/, /ˌpɛɹ.iˈɝ.bən/

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Adjective

peri-urban (comparative more peri-urban, superlative most peri-urban)

1. Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside.
   • 2010, Leslie A. Duram, Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food, ABC-CLIO, LLC, published 2010, →ISBN, page 361:

     Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around urban or peri-urban areas.

   • 2010, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Solid Waste Management in the World's Cities: Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities 2010, Earthscan, →ISBN, page 66:

     Although Lusaka is the smallest town in Lusaka Province and one of the smallest in the nation, it has the biggest population and largest growth rates, and there is pressure from in-migration and growth in peri-urban settlements.

   • 2011, Sally Sargeson, Song Yu, “Gender, Citizenship, and Agency in Land Development”, in Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson, editors, Women, Gender and Development in Rural China, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 43:

     In this respect, Yuxi represents an intermediate case, between the encompassing model of residence-based citizenship being created in peri-urban communities around Changsha and the gender exclusivity of Fuzhou villages.

   • 2016 December 27, Emma Bryce, “Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “We would expect peri-urban land to be more fertile than average land, as mankind tends to settle where crops can be produced,” says Felix Creutzig from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin, and principal author on the paper.

Usage notes

• Used especially in English-speaking Africa, in India, in Australia, and increasingly in Europe.

Translations

immediately adjoining an urban area

• Arabic: طَرِيق فَرْعِيّ (ṭarīq farʕiyy)
• Finnish: ympärys- (fi), reuna- (fi), reunus- (fi), kehys- (fi)
• French: périurbain (fr)
• Greek: περιαστικός (el) m (periastikós)
• Swedish: stadsnära

References

• OED 2005