Urban agglomeration
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 An example of an urban agglomeration is the San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area. The cities together create a bi-national agglomeration between Mexico and the United States. |
In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous urbanized area. However, because of differences in definitions of what does and does not constitute an "agglomeration", as well as variations and limitations in statistical or geographical methodology, it can be problematic to compare different agglomerations around the world. It may not be clear, for instance, whether an area should be considered to be a satellite and part of an agglomeration, or a distinct entity in itself.
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- Related: City, World's largest cities, Megacity, Metropolis, Metropolitan area, Transborder agglomeration, Urban sprawl, Global city
| United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, the 2... United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, the 2009 Revision esa.un.org/unpd/wup/index.htm - Web |
| e-Geopolis project Research Group, University Pari... e-Geopolis project Research Group, University Paris-Diderot e-geopolis.eu - Web |
| Principal Agglomerations of the World Principal Agglomerations of the World www.citypopulation.de/World.html - Web |
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