sprawlbuster
sprawlbuster noun: an opponent of suburban sprawl.
Noun
sprawlbuster (plural sprawlbusters)
- An opponent of suburban sprawl.
- Sprawlbusters everywhere were empowered by Disney's withdrawal. Many saw the parallels to hometown proposals in Disney's 3000-acre scheme – a 400-acre theme park and parking lots, surrounded by 2300 units of suburban housing, 1.9 million square feet of mall development, two golf courses, a...1998, Roberta Brandes Gratz, Norman Mintz, Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown, Wiley-Interscience
- In particular, he singles out three heroes: community development corporations, "sprawlbusters," and the New Urbanism.2009 July 13, Ann Mongoven, Just Love: Transforming Civic Virtue, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 160
Forms of sprawlbuster
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Origin of sprawlbuster
From sprawl + buster. Coined by American activist and founder of "Sprawl-Busters" Al Norman in 1993.
Questions about sprawlbuster
- What does sprawlbuster mean?
- Sprawlbuster means an opponent of suburban sprawl.
- What part of speech is sprawlbuster?
- Sprawlbuster is a noun.
- What is the plural of sprawlbuster?
- The plural of sprawlbuster is sprawlbusters.
Words near sprawlbuster in the dictionary
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