The worry is, he said, that "malls, the strip developments are taking over.

Because of its agricultural nature, Boardman was ripe for strip development starting as early as 1950.

North of Perry Street, the university is bordered by strip commercial development.

Unable to compete with the super malls and strip developments along nearby highways, small shops are packing it in.

She concedes that runaway growth has spawned some "unfortunate" strip development.

And we argue that regional shopping malls generate strip development, eager to feed off the added traffic.

In addition to this, the community allowed extensive strip development along the Langley Bypass, which has become the new sprawled business area of the city.

In Manchester, the town fathers had strictly zoned against strip development on the main roads leading outside the town.

While this complied with the letter of the law, it allowed strip development to spill out in two directions from the city.

The highway gradually expands to three and sometimes four lanes as it passes through built-up areas of strip development.