0 a city area containing a large number of people, formed by various towns growing and joining together:
the conurbations of Tokyo and Osaka
1 a large area including several different cities or large towns that have all grown so much that they are now connected to each other:
The new town is part of the conurbation and was built to provide a focal point for the renewal of that conurbation.
I am satisfied with current operational procedures which require that such flights should be made over water as far as possible, avoiding large conurbations.
This is particularly true in the major conurbations and in the corridors between them, where use of radio is naturally most concentrated.
The second problem requiring urgent attention is traffic congestion in large conurbations and the concentration of exhaust fumes in cities and intercity transport corridors.
I stress that it is a rural district council and not a mighty, wealthy conurbation.
It will not stay rich and mellow if we do not have adequate development within the conurbations rather than merely within the rural areas.
Fifty-one older people, mainly from an urban area but including some from a rural setting and a conurbation, were interviewed and their stories form a number of cases studies.
But he also insists that policymakers would have been better advised to put money into smaller and less expensive get-away venues, closer to the heart of major conurbations.
