urbanology
noun
the study of urban problems, especially as a social science.
urbanologist
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a word derived from
urbanology.
Example Sentences
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Oklahoma-born, New York City-bred; dock worker, Naval officer; bootstrap intellectual; Harvard urbanologist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2018
Similar patterns have played out across the country, a phenomenon dubbed “the favored quarter” by George Washington University urbanologist Christopher Leinberger.
From Washington Post
The Moynihan shift was unexpected, for the urbane urbanologist had indicated several times that he meant to return to Harvard when his academic leave of absence expires at the end of this year.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We are urbanizing the suburban areas to the point that many of them are coming to resemble the cities of a few generations ago," says Milton Rakove, a University of Illinois urbanologist.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I called it the trouble-in-paradise gap," says Mark Baldassare, an urbanologist at the University of California at Irvine.
From Time Magazine Archive
