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Why do we need the city definition? • Delimitating a system boundary (e.g. for modelling purposes) • Comparing various indicators within a city and among cities (e.g. energy
1 maj 2022 · This much improved precision also holds for measures of a location's distance to other cities, or to particular geographic features (e.g., a natural harbor, mineral deposit, or source of potable water). Most studies to date use the simple geodesic distance between locations (Bosker and Buringh, 2017; Barjamovic et al., 2019; Bakker et al., 2021).
11 sty 2024 · What is a city? Researchers use different criteria and datasets to define it—from population density to traffic flows. We argue there is one dataset that could serve as a proxy of the temporal...
1 sty 2019 · This paper explores how smart city is defined by citizens in the context of a port city, and which aspects are prominent due to the significant role of a ferry port in such cities.
20 mar 2021 · Considering city density, there are two city models; the garden city, where there are interconnected green spaces and ecological corridors as well as great distance between constructions to allow for plenty of green spaces; the compact city, with a lot of buildings and an interconnection with other cities forming microcities (Hagan 2015). The ...
Definition of a city. A city consists of one or more local units with at least 50% of their population in an urban centre. A local unit can be either administrative or statistical. Examples of administrative units include a municipality, a district, a neighbourhood or metropolitan area.
Global City Definition. Dennis Mwaniki. Global Urban Observatory, Research and Capacity Development Branch, UN-Habitat. 26th – 29th March 2018. Bangkok, Thailand. Outline. Why define a city. Multiple definitions and their implications on data comparability. Spatial data needs and functional city definition. Emerging functional city definitions.
