land use pattern]]Suburbanization is the growth of areas on the fringes of cities. It is one of the many causes of the increase in urban sprawl.

Did Highways Cause Suburbanization?
Did Highways Cause Suburbanization?
The environmental impact of suburbanization
ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND SUBURBANIZATION IN CHINA
Economic restructuring and suburbanization in China
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBURBANIZATION OF BEIJING AND ITS COUNTERMEASURES IN THE 1990S
Immigrant Groups in the Suburbs: A Reexamination of Suburbanization and Spatial Assimilation
Physical and biological responses of streams to suburbanization of historically agricultural watersheds
Residential Mobility Between Cities and Suburbs: Race, Suburbanization, and Back-to-the-City Moves
Chamaecyparis thyoides Wetlands and Suburbanization: Effects on Hydrology, Water Quality and Plant Community Composition