Categorie: Tutti - urban - infrastructure - hierarchy - classification

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WORLD´S CITIES

Cities around the world can be categorized based on various criteria such as population density, infrastructure, and regional influence. Urban regions represent areas with high population density and significant infrastructure.

WORLD´S CITIES

WORLD´S CITIES

Hierarchy

Small city

It is a city which is small

Regional city


It is a term in use since about 1950 by urbanists, economists and urban planners to mean a metropolitan area and hinterland, often having a shared administration. 

National city


It is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other region, usually as its seat of government.

Global city


It is a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system. 

Classification

Megacity


It is a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of ten million people.

Urban region


It is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

Metrapolitan area


It is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing.

Cornubation



It is an extensive urban area resulting from the expansion of several cities or towns so that they coalesce but usually retain their separate identities.

Definition

Population inhabiting a group of people who are mainly engaged in industrial and commercial activities