0 a city area containing a large number of people, formed by various towns growing and joining together -- （由多个城镇扩建连接而成的）大都市，集合城市，大都市圈
the conurbations of Tokyo and Osaka 东京和大阪都市圈
In the combined young group, a greater majority of speakers believed that the conurbation should not be divided (13 of 16).
However, the conurbation was compact, the centre dominated economically, the ancient corporation provided leadership and excellent wholesale markets and the economy was quite different.
The same can be said of the metropolitan conurbation in the 1850s when compared to the urban clusters that grew around near-northern cities.
The districts were chosen for their geographical spread and to include rural villages, small towns, suburbs and larger conurbations.
The capacity to provide information in these conurbations is exceptional in its wealth and complexity, seldom found in other places or in other circumstances.
The town chosen should not be on the coast or part of a conurbation as this would complicate geographical migration patterns.
Understandably, most works that have examined the middle classes have tended to focus on the 'city' or neighbouring industrial conurbations.
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.
