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SETTLEMENT DENSITY [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
  • Urban Studies
CONT

When mechanical transport was not available, this increase in population had to be provided for by packing people in tighter, increasing existing density of settlement by ... similar proportions at all levels.

Key term(s)
  • settlement density

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
  • Urbanisme
DEF

Rapport entre le nombre d'habitants et la superficie totale du territoire où ils vivent.

CONT

Le quartier, où résident plus de 105.000 hab., souffre d'une forte densité de population (22.400 hab/Km2), la deuxième de la ville toute entière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Demografía
  • Urbanismo
DEF

Número de individuos por unidad de superficie o volumen.

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