Urban planners often design green spaces to mitigate the heat island effect common in densely built cities.
城市规划者常设计绿地以缓解密集建筑城市中常见的热岛效应。
A student hypothesizes that urban community gardens improve residents' diets by increasing their access to fresh vegetables.
From a Command of Evidence: Textual question · Information and Ideas
An urban planner argued that the new line drew riders primarily away from cars and buses.
From a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question · Information and Ideas
A 2021 study on urban heat islands began by presenting temperature data from twelve cities, then devoted its remaining sections to proposing specific policy interventions—reflective pavement, expanded tree canopy, and cool-roof requirements—that city governments could adopt to mitigate the effect.
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Which choice best defines “urban”?
B — City-related, metropolitan. “urban” means city-related, metropolitan.
Which word means “city-related, metropolitan”?
B — urban. “urban” means city-related, metropolitan.
urban — city-related, metropolitan. In Chinese: 城市的，都市的.
urban is pronounced /ˈɜːrbən/.
Urban planners often design green spaces to mitigate the heat island effect common in densely built cities. (城市规划者常设计绿地以缓解密集建筑城市中常见的热岛效应。)
metropolitan, municipal, city — all close in meaning to urban (city-related, metropolitan).
rural, pastoral — each the opposite of urban (city-related, metropolitan).
Yes. urban is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
urban(city-related)