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An urban area [a] is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. This is the core of a metropolitan statistical area in the United States, if it contains a population of more than 50,000. [1] Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns ...
Urbanization can be planned urbanization or organic. Planned urbanization, i.e.: planned community or the garden city movement, is based on an advance plan, which can be prepared for military, aesthetic, economic or urban design reasons. Examples can be seen in many ancient cities; although with exploration came the collision of nations, which ...
All other property acquired during the marriage is treated as community property and is subject to division between the spouses in the event of divorce. The United Stateshas nine community propertystates: Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.[1] Four other states have adopted optional ...
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States [ 1 ]) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. [ 2 ] Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities in favour of new housing, businesses, and other developments.
Municipal annexation is a process by which a municipality acquires new territory, [ 1 ] most commonly by expanding its boundaries into an adjacent unincorporated area. This has been a common response of cities to urbanization in neighboring areas. It may be done because the neighboring urban areas seek municipal services or because a city seeks ...
In urban planning and design, an urban village is an urban development typically characterized by medium-density housing, mixed use zoning, good public transit and an emphasis on pedestrianization and public space. [ 1 ] Contemporary urban village ideas are closely related to New Urbanism and smart growth ideas initiated in the United States.
Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some degree physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections.
t. e. Central place theory is an urban geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size and range of market services in a commercial system or human settlements in a residential system. [1] It was introduced in 1933 to explain the spatial distribution of cities across the landscape. [2] The theory was first analyzed by German ...