urban area

British

noun

(in population censuses) a city area considered as the inner city plus built-up environs, irrespective of local body administrative boundaries

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But this only highlights how much their appeal is limited mainly to urban areas.

From BBC

She says many people try to kill and hunt foxes, and poison is being used frequently in urban areas such as London.

From BBC

Roughly 40–45% of giving flows to religious organisations, with a comparable share directed to beggars and destitute people, especially in urban areas.

From BBC

And they offer new exemptions for some housing projects like ones built in urban areas that are already developed.

From The Wall Street Journal

In California’s major urban areas, but especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, cranes delicately assembling factory-built modules into apartment blocks has become a more familiar feature of the skyline.

From Los Angeles Times

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