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  2. Peri-urbanisation - Wikipedia

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    The expression originates from the French word périurbanisation ("peri-urban" meaning "around urban"), which is used by the INSEE [1] (the French statistics agency) to describe spaces—between the city and the countryside—that are shaped by the fragmented urbanisation of former rural areas in the urban fringe, both in a qualitative (e.g. diffusion of urban lifestyle) and in a quantitative ...

  3. Peri-urban agriculture - Wikipedia

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    These regions can also be referred to as 'exurban areas', 'the rural-urban fringe' or the 'fringe', they include the transition zones between the outer limits of the commuter belt and the edge of newly constructed suburban areas. [3] Peri-urban agriculture is generally defined as agriculture undertaken in places on the fringes of urban areas.

  4. Rural–urban fringe - Wikipedia

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  5. Green belt - Wikipedia

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    Green belt in Tehran, Iran Adelaide Park Lands green belt around the city centre Green belt at Thompson Park in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.. A green belt is a policy, and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas.

  6. Rural American history - Wikipedia

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    The rural population is defined by size of place under 2500 and includes non-farmers living in villages and the open countryside. At the first census in 1790, the rural population was 3.7 million and urban only 202,000.

  7. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.

  8. Rural-Urban gradient - Wikipedia

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    The Rural-Urban gradient is a gradient that is used to describe how Anthropocene effects affect their surroundings and how they compare to areas less affected by Anthropocene effects. Effects such as but, not limited to disturbance, change in biota, pollution, and landscape modification. [ 1 ]

  9. Rural area - Wikipedia

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    Rural planning is an academic discipline that exists within or alongside the field of urban planning, regional planning or urbanism. The definition of these fields ...