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desakota

desakota noun: an area in the extended surroundings of a large city, especially in Southeast Asia, in which urban and agricultural forms of land use and settlement coexist and are intensively intermingled.

Noun

desakota (plural desakotas)

  1. An area in the extended surroundings of a large city, especially in Southeast Asia, in which urban and agricultural forms of land use and settlement coexist and are intensively intermingled.
    • McGee identified six characteristics of desakota regions: 1) a large population of smallholder cultivators; 2) an increase in non-agricultural activities; 3) extreme fluidity and mobility of population; 4) a mixture of land uses, agriculture, cottage industries, suburban development; 5) increased...2015 September 24, “Evidence for the Convergence Model: The Emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Viet Nam”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of desakota

pluraldesakotas

Origin of desakota

Coined around 1990 by urban researcher Terry McGee, from Indonesian desa, village, and kota, city.

Questions about desakota

What does desakota mean?
Desakota means an area in the extended surroundings of a large city, especially in Southeast Asia, in which urban and agricultural forms of land use and settlement coexist and are intensively intermingled.
What part of speech is desakota?
Desakota is a noun.
What is the plural of desakota?
The plural of desakota is desakotas.

Words near desakota in the dictionary

  1. desacralizes
  2. desacralizing
  3. Desaguadero
  4. desai
  5. desais
  6. desakota
  7. desakotas
  8. desal
  9. desalinate
  10. desalinated
  11. desalinates

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