Sentence examples for urban settlements from inspiring English sources

With a population estimate of around 3.7 million [ 6], Lebanon is characterized by a high urbanization rate (87%) and high migration flows from rural to urban settlements [ 7].

Nevertheless, truly urban settlements in Serbia are relatively few.

Until the late 1960s the country had no urban settlements.

Kenya's low-income urban settlements are among the world's roughest.

The major cities and urban settlements include Cheboksary, Alatyr, Kanash, Shumerlya, and Novocheboksarsk.

The districts are further divided into savivalbyde (regional towns, urban settlements, and localities).

Urban settlements outside this area are much smaller and less diversified in functions.

Płock and Siedlce are other important urban settlements in the region.

The word has associations inappropriate to poor urban settlements of Dhaka, Mumbai or Lagos.

The result has been a steady de-densification of urban settlements, by about –2% per annum.

About two-fifths of the population lives in three cities, including Elista, the capital, and in five urban settlements.