asphalt jungle

Etymology
From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949).

Noun

 * 1)  A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Polish: asfaltowa dżungla
 * Russian: ка́менные джу́нгли
 * Serbo-Croatian: градска џунгла
 * Spanish: jungla de asfalto
 * Swedish: asfaltdjungel