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urban studies

urban studies noun: the study of the urban development of cities.

Noun (1)

urban studies (uncountable)

  1. The study of the urban development of cities.
    • We might say that there has been a 'queering' of urban studies insofar as the metropolitan lives, subcultures and social movements of gays and lesbians are now seen as valid objects of study.2013, Mark Davidson, Deborah Martin, chapter 8, in Urban Politics: Critical Approaches, SAGE, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    urbanistics

Noun (2)

urban studies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Individual studies carried out on this topic.
    • Urban studies of cities other than Istanbul hardly existed until two decades ago. Though cities were frequently mentioned in historical studies about the socio-economic formation of the Ottoman Empire, the city itself was seldom the primary target of concern.2013, Masashi Haneda, Islamic Urban Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 185

Synonyms of urban studies

Questions about urban studies

What does urban studies mean?
Urban studies means the study of the urban development of cities.
What part of speech is urban studies?
Urban studies is a noun.

Words near urban studies in the dictionary

  1. urban sanitary district
  2. urban sanitary districts
  3. urban scattering
  4. urban sprawl
  5. urban sprawls
  6. urban studies
  7. urban survival syndrome
  8. Urban syndrome
  9. urban void
  10. urban warfare
  11. urban warrior

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