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Revision as of 00:26, 28 June 2019
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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]
Other International Definitions
National Definitions
Standard Definition
Discussion Topic
See also
Notes
- ↑ Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) Redefining urban: A new way to measure metropolitan areas. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.resin-cities.eu/
- ↑ 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
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