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The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region ( German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. [2] A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of 7,110 square kilometres (2,750 sq mi), entirely within the federal state of North Rhine ...
Medium-sized urban areas (population between 200,000 and 500,000) Metropolitan areas (population between 500,000 and 1.5 million)
The population residing in urban areas in India, according to the 1901 census, was 11.4%, [1] increasing to 28.53% by the 2001 census, and is now currently 34% in 2017 according to the World Bank. [2] According to a survey by the United Nations, in 2030 40.76% of country's population is expected to reside in urban areas. [3]
Urban agriculture refers to various practices of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in urban areas. [1] [2] The term also applies to the area activities of animal husbandry, aquaculture, beekeeping, and horticulture in an urban context. Urban agriculture is distinguished from peri-urban agriculture, which takes place in rural areas ...
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the DC area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia ), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington ...
A primary urban area ( PUA) is an area defined by the Department for Communities and Local Government in the United Kingdom as a statistical tool for analysing the major cities of England, originating as part of their State of the English Cities report and database. The concept of a primary urban area has also been redefined by the Centre for ...
In political science, the urban–rural political divide is a phenomenon in which predominantly urban areas and predominantly rural areas within a country have sharply diverging political views. [1] It is a form of political polarization. Typically, urban areas exhibit more liberal, left-wing, cosmopolitan, and/or multiculturalist political ...
