| 释义 |
peri-urban, a.|ˈpɛrɪɜːrbən|
[f. peri- + urban a. and n.]
Esp. in Africa: immediately adjoining a city or conurbation.
1948Rep. Native Laws Comm., 1946–48 (Dept. Native Affairs, S. Afr.) 5/1 Johannesburg is still grappling desperately with its problem of peri-urban squatters, of whom over 50,000 have already been collected in the controlled squatters' camps of Moroka and Jabavu. 1952L. Marquard Peoples & Policies S. Afr. 51 In 1947 the Department of Native Affairs estimated that 154,000 urban and peri-urban houses were required for Africans. 1961Times 25 July 8/3 The fashionable peri-urban district some 11 miles from Johannesburg. 1971E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 13 Apr. 9/8 Patients from the rural and peri-urban areas. 1971E. Jones in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 67 These figures are for Freetown only; there were for example 1,216 persons in Regent Town, one of the several peri-urban settlements. 1974Times 17 Sept. 15/5 Unified Family Courts have been set up in peri-urban areas of Vancouver. 1976Nature 1–8 Jan. 40/1 Thirty-six peri-urban Kikuyu infants..participated in the study. |