application of the “right to decide”, not only as the representative of the internationalised capital city of the city-region, Barcelona, but also as a relevant part of Catalonia. The Municipal Charter and Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB) provides the framework for the devolution of insti...
Defining the area of interest: definition of the city, metropolitan areas and extended urban regions. In: Bourne, L.S. eds. (1982) Internal structure of the city. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 57-72Bourne, L.S. and Simmons, J.W. (1982) "Defining the Area of In...
A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is a designation the U.S. government uses to refer to a region that, broadly speaking, consists of a city and its suburbs, plus any surrounding communities that are closely linked to the city because of social and/or economical factors. MSAs are, emphat...
With 36.4 million people, Tokyo, Japan is the world's largest metropolitan area, followed by Delhi, India. Table 2. Functional urban areas by income level and world region, 2015. Empty Cell# FUAsFUA population (thousands of persons)FUA share (as% of total population)Urban centres share (as...
[14]. Another study conducted in Quebec did not find any differences in either social participation or factors associated with participation according to older adults’ living area [23]. A larger metropolitan area such as Montreal is, however, taken as the only metropolitan region [23] or the ...
In general, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a core urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants – the smallest MSA is Carson City, with an estimated population of nearly 56,000. The urban area is made bigger by adjacent communities that are socially and economica...
region, which may include several adjacent counties. The area defined by the MSA is typically marked by significant social and economic interaction. People living in outlying rural areas, for example, may commute considerable distances to work, shop, or attend social activities in theurbancenter.1...
The concept ofmetropolitan areais the monocentric, centripetal, nodal region for understanding and planning modern urban areas, which have rapidly expanded. In the last three decades, many researchers advocated the requirement of new theories and approaches to describe the urban socio-spatial structure ...
A MISA contains an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Each MSA or MISA consists of one or more counties and includes the counties containing the core urban area, as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (...
METROPOLITAN AREA DEFINITION IN THE UNIT ... Search in:This JournalAnywhere Advanced search Urban GeographyVolume 20, 1999 -Issue 8 Submit an articleJournal homepage 507 Views 31 CrossRef citations to date 0 Altmetric Original Articles John S. Adams ,...