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exurbia  

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  • Exurbia is the semiurban, semirural landscape between suburbs and the rural hinterland. It comprises many landscapes including farms, forests, isolated suburban subdivisions, small towns, acreage tract subdivisions, and estates. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Housing; Exurbia]

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