"rurban" meaning in English

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          "word": "rurban fringe"
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          "word": "rurbanite"
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          "ref": "1915, Charles J. Galpin, Rural Life, New York: The Century Company:",
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          "ref": "1926, John M. Gillette, “Community Concepts”, in Social Forces, volume 4, number 4, page 686:",
          "text": "The rurban community offers greater possibilities of social stratification than does the open country community.",
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          "ref": "1946, Walter Firey, “Ecological Considerations in Planning for Rurban Fringes”, in American Sociological Review, volume 11, number 4, page 413:",
          "text": "There exists what has come to be called the \"rurban fringe,\" an area occupied by tar paper shacks and stately estates, large commercial farms and one-acre part-time farms, golf courses and cemeteries, airports and obnoxious industries.",
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          "sense": "of a location which has both urban and rural characteristics",
          "word": "rurbain"
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