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urbanology|ɜːbəˈnɒlədʒɪ|
[f. urban a. and n. + -ology.]
The study of cities or towns and their problems. So urbaˈnologist.
1967Time 28 July 11 The ‘urbanologist’ aspires to be a student of the entire city,..whose concerns go beyond brick and mortar to budgets and laws, souls and sensibilities. Just as the word urbanology is a cross between Latin and Greek, the science..is a mélange of disciplines. 1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 27 Apr. 33/1 The solution as some urbanologists see it is to come up with a new concept in automotive packaging. 1972New Yorker 16 Sept. 124/2 A landscape that transcends all the nickel-and-diming defeats of our urbanology. 1975M. Bradbury History Man iii. 51 The local council, now impressed with Howard's urbanology, have accepted this scheme;..the surviving houses in the terrace will ultimately be restored. |