suburbanize
suburbanise BrE

So he returned to his home in nearby rural, northern Stark County, a place just beginning to suburbanize, and started going door to door.

The need for elevated platforms, he insisted, should not be "an excuse to suburbanize semirural settings."

"He's trying to suburbanize Chicago," Mr. Rush said.

At that time, the area started to suburbanize to accommodate the influx of people coming from neighboring Orange and Los Angeles Counties seeking affordable housing.

Richard Gulick is the planning director for the town of Randolph, a former bungalow community in Morris County that began to suburbanize in the 1960's.

As the Northern sections of the New Jersey shore started to suburbanize, Asbury Park and Steinbach became a focal point.

In interviews, many people who had supported Mr. Giuliani in the past said they were becoming alarmed by what they see as his efforts to sanitize and suburbanize the city.

Anecdotal reports from Germany, France, and the United Kingdom indicate that American-style street hierarchies are becoming increasingly popular as European cities suburbanize along the lines of post-1970 American cities.