Terme de Glossaire

suburbanisation

Also called “rurbanisation”, suburbanisation describes the process of return or flight of city-dwellers to the countryside. In Western Europe, this phenomenon began in the 1960s, notably because of overpopulation in the big towns. The rural areas around these towns were then colonized by city-dwellers wishing to live in a greener and less noisy environment. The final result of this was an expansion of the urban areas to the detriment of rural areas as well as an increase in the price of property in these new suburbs.

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