Adjective
peri-urban (comparative more peri-urban, superlative most peri-urban)
Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside.
After 1966 Maseru experienced rapid expansion: its area increased around sevenfold, from around convert to the current area of convert, due to incorporation of nearby peri-urban villages to the city proper. Source: Internet
Although found in the largest numbers in wild, undisturbed areas and rural regions, black bears can adapt to surviving in some numbers in peri-urban regions as long as they contain easily accessible foods and some vegetative coverage. Source: Internet
As in natural conditions, sounders in peri-urban areas are matriarchal, though males tend to be much less represented, and adults of both sexes can be up to 35% heavier than their forest-dwelling counterparts. Source: Internet
Vanuatu government health and education services are hard pressed to deal with the rapid increase of urban and peri-urban populations in informal and squatter settlements around Port Vila and to a lesser extent in Luganville. Source: Internet