Urban

From CIPedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Definitions

European Definitions

OECD-EU definitions

The OECD-EU classification identifies functional urban areas beyond city boundaries to reflect the economic geography of where people live and work...Defining urban areas as functional economic units can better guide the way national and city governments plan infrastructure, transportation, housing, schools, spaces for culture and recreation. [1]



RESIN project

The RESIN project [2] gives the following definition:

(Urban)...is a function of (1) sheer population size, (2) space (and land area), (3) the ration of population to space (density or concentration), and (4) economic and social organization [3]


Discussion Topic

See also

Notes

  1. Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) Redefining urban: A new way to measure metropolitan areas. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2012.
  2. http://www.resin-cities.eu/
  3. Weeks, J.R. Defining Urban Areas. In Rashed, T. and C. Jurgens (Eds.). Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas, Bd. 10. Dordecht, Springer Netherlands, pp. 33-45

References