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An edge city is a term coined by Joel Garreau's in his 1991 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, for a place in a metropolitan area, outside cities' original downtowns (thus, in the suburbs or, if within the city limits of the central city, an area of suburban density), with a large concentration of jobs, office space, and retail space ...
Garreau shows how edge cities have also developed in other countries, specifically citing Canada, Mexico, Australia, and cities such as Paris, London, Karachi, Jakarta, and Tianjin, China. In the cases of London and Paris he notes how these edge cities developed with government planning and with integrated public transportation.
The following is a list of the largest satellite cities worldwide, with over 500,000 people. A satellite city is defined as subordinate to a central city in a business or infrastructure sense, and it may or may not have more population than the central city due to arbitrary municipal definitions.
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Edge cities by country (4 C) City nicknames by country (13 P) Port cities and towns by country (72 C) * Lists of cities by country (19 C, 187 P) +
Edge cities by country (4 C) Pages in category "Edge cities" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Edge cities in the San Diego metropolitan area (8 P) T. Edge cities in the Tampa Bay area (1 P) This page was last edited on 4 November 2022, at 09:37 (UTC). Text ...