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Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * ''Urban'' (newspaper), a Danish free daily newspaper * Urban contemporary music, a radio music format * Urban Outfitters, an American multinational lifestyle retail corporation * Urban Records, a German record label owned by Universal Music Group Place names in the United States * Urban, South Dakota, a ghost town * Urban, Washington, an unincorporated community See also * Pope Urban (other), the name of several popes of the Catholic Church * Urban cluster (other) Urban cluster may refer to: * Urban cluster (UC) in the US census. See List of United States urban areas * Urban cluster (France), a statistical area defined by France's national statistics office * City cluster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Area
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets; in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment. The creation of earlier predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning, which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources led to a human impact on the environment. "Agglomeration effects" are in the list of the main consequences of increased rates of firm creation since. This is due to conditions created by a greater level of industrial activity in a given region. However, a favorable environment for human capital development would also be genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Culture
Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. The defining theme is the presence of a great number of very different people in a very limited space - most of them are strangers to each other but still try to be polite to each other more times than not. This makes it possible to build up a vast array of subcultures close to each other, exposed to each other's influence, but without necessarily intruding into people's private lives.Tönnies, Ferdinand: Community and society, 1957. Urban Areas Globally, urban areas tend to also be home to concentrations of power, such as government capitals and corporate headquarters, and the wealthy and powerful people that are employed in them. Cities also organize people, create norms, beliefs, and values. As outlined by Max Weber in his book, ''The City'', "There are five things that make a city: fortification, market, a law code, an association of urban citizenry creating a sense of municipal corporateness, and sufficient political autonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban (name)
Urban as a given name or surname may refer to: Given name * Pope Urban (other) *Urban of Langres, 4th-century French saint and bishop *Urban (bishop of Llandaff) (1076–1134), Welsh bishop * Urban of Macedonia, 1st-century bishop, martyr and saint * Urban Blitz, English rock musician *Urban Federer, Swiss Catholic prelate *Urban Gad (1879–1947), Danish film director * Urban Hansen, Danish politician *Urban Meyer, American football coach *Urban Priol, German comedian *Urban Shocker, American baseball pitcher Surname * Adolf Urban (1914–1943), German footballer * Aleksandra Urban (born 1978), Polish painter * Amanda Urban (born 1946/7), American literary agent * Charles Urban (1867–1942), Anglo-American film producer and distributor * Damir Urban (born 1968), Croatian rock singer/songwriter * , Brazilian entomologist * Eric Urban, mathematician * Ewald Urban (1913–1959), Polish footballer * Faye Urban (1945–2020), Canadian tennis player * Friedrich Maria Urban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban (newspaper)
''Urban'' was a Danish free daily newspaper owned by Det Berlingske Officin. History and profile ''Urban'' was launched on 24 September 2001, shortly after the competing free daily ''MetroXpress'' (the Danish edition of the ''Metro'' newspaper). In its first year Urban had a circulation 108,000 copies. It was 181,000 copies in 2002 and 171,000 copies in 2003. ''Urban'' had a circulation of 330,000 copies both in 2006 and in 2007. The circulation in second half of 2008 was 196,752. ''Urban'' was closed on 12 January 2012. - TV 2 Nyhederne (Danish) See also *List of newspapers in Denmark
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