peri-urban

Adjective

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

1. Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside.
   • Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around urban or peri-urban areas.2010, Leslie A. Duram, Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food, ABC-CLIO, LLC, published 2010, →ISBN, page 361
   • 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.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