sprawl

Japanese: sprawl
sprawl

…Sprawl means to spread untidily, and refers to the phenomenon of rapid urban development and the disorderly expansion of urban areas into the surrounding areas. This phenomenon is occurring in the vicinity of most Japanese cities, and urbanization and urbanization progress spontaneously without the development of roads, water supply and sewerage, telephones, and other urban facilities, intensifying urban problems. …

From [Land Issues]

…The land issue can be defined as a situation in which a small number of people exercise exclusive control over land, a resource essential to human survival, creating a sharp conflict of interest between them and the majority who do not have that control. Control over land varies depending on the historical stage of each society, but in capitalist societies it is generally called ownership of land, and is considered to refer to the exclusive right to use, profit from, and dispose of a specific piece of land. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "sprawl" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スプロールsprawlとは〈ぶざまに広がる〉という意味で,都市が急速に発展し,周辺へ無秩序に市街地が広がる現象をいう。日本の大半の都市の周辺では,こうしたスプロール現象が発生しており,道路,上下水道,電話その他の都市施設が整備されず,自然発生的に市街地化,都市化が進むため,都市問題を激化させている。…

【土地問題】より

…土地問題とは,人間の生存にとって欠くことのできない資源である土地について,特定の少数者が排他的な支配力を行使することにより,支配力を持たない多数者との間に鋭い利害の対立を生じている事態だと定義することができる。土地に対する支配力は,それぞれの社会のそれぞれの歴史段階によって異なっているが,資本主義社会においては一般に土地に対する所有権とよばれるものであり,特定の土地片に対して排他的に使用,収益,処分する権利を指すと考えられている。…

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