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Suburb. Suburbia near Colorado Springs, Colorado (above) is emblematic of the continuous sprawl making up the inner suburbs of major cities, in contrast with Monroe Township, New Jersey (below), characteristic of an outer suburb, or exurb, of New York City, with a lower population density. A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within ...
Suburbanization. A suburban land use pattern in the United States ( Colorado Springs, Colorado ), showing a mix of residential streets and cul-de-sacs intersected by a four-lane road. Suburbanization ( AE ), or suburbanisation ( BE ), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub ...
Urban biography is the narrative history of a city and often reaches a general audience. Urban biographies cover the interrelationships among various dimensions, such as politics, demography, business, high culture, popular culture, housing, neighbourhoods, and ethnic groups. It covers municipal government as well as physical expansion, growth ...
An ethnoburb is a suburban residential and business area with a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population, which may or may not be a local majority. [2] That can greatly influence the social geography within the area because of distinct cultural and religious values.
Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. The defining theme is the presence of a large population in a limited space that follows social norms . [1] This makes it possible for many subcultures close to each other, exposed to social influence without necessarily intruding into the private sphere . [2]
Urbanization over the past 500 years [12] A global map illustrating the first onset and spread of urban centres around the world, based on. [13]From the development of the earliest cities in Indus valley civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt until the 18th century, an equilibrium existed between the vast majority of the population who were engaged in subsistence agriculture in a rural context ...
A typical suburban development in the United States, located in Chandler, Arizona An urban development in Palma, Mallorca. Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment [1]) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".
Urban geography is the subdiscipline of geography that derives from a study of cities and urban processes. Urban geographers and urbanists [ 1] examine various aspects of urban life and the built environment. Scholars, activists, and the public have participated in, studied, and critiqued flows of economic and natural resources, human and non ...