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
His Harvard title is Professor of Government, but Wilson is a criminologist, a sociologist and an urbanologist as well.
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
The "urbanologist" aspires to be a student of the entire city, an ecumenist of the metropolis, whose concerns go beyond brick and mortar to budgets and laws, souls and sensibilities.
From Time Magazine Archive
