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urban geography |
is the subdiscipline of geographywhich concentrates on those parts of the Earth's surface that have a high concentration of buildings and infrastructure. |
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urban area |
is the region surrounding a city. |
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nucleated |
form around a central area. |
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suburb |
an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. |
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central city |
a heavily populated city at the center of a large metropolitan area. |
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urbanized area |
consists of continuously build-up landscape of buildings and populations so that political boundaries are simple imaginary lines that separate them |
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physical city |
a continuous development that contains a central city and many nearby cities, towns, and suburbsMetropolitan Area |
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Metropolitan Area |
Within the United States, an urban area consisting of one or more whole county unites, usually containing several urbanized areas, or suburbs, that all act together as a coherent economic whole. |
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Metropolitan Statistical Area |
In the United States, a central city of at least 50000 population, the country within which the city is located, and adjacent countries meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city. |
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Micropolitan statistical area |
An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the country in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city. |
