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URBAN AREA [4 records]

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Record 1 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
DEF

The physical environment in urban areas, with its complex mix of natural elements (including air, water, land, climate, flora and fauna) and the built environment.

OBS

Its quality is much influenced by its geographical setting; the scale and nature of human activities within it; the wastes, emissions and environmental impacts that these generate; and the competence and accountability of the institutions elected, appointed or delegated to manage it.

OBS

urban setting: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • urban settings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
DEF

Milieu dans lequel travaillent et résident les «actifs urbains».

CONT

Le milieu urbain se caractérise par une densité importante d'habitat et par un nombre élevé de fonctions qui s'organisent en son sein. C'est le centre des activités secondaires et tertiaires et le cadre d'activités sociales et culturelles importantes. On peut définir, en relation avec le milieu urbain, les concepts suivants : noyaux agglomérés : noyaux caractérisés par la continuité de l'habitat; agglomération : ensemble de communes contiguës dont les tissus agglomérés s'interpénètrent (ex : l'agglomération de Mons est constituée des communes de Mons, Boussu, Colfontaine, Frameries, Quaregnon et Saint Ghislain); [...] milieu rural environnant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Urbanismo
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Record 2 2014-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
  • Postal Service Operation
DEF

[An] area to which mail delivery service is provided from any letter carrier post office including any letter carrier, rural route or other route serving an urban forward sortation area.

OBS

urban area: term used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Exploitation postale
DEF

[Secteur] dans lequel le service de distribution du courrier est fourni à partir d’un bureau de poste avec facteurs[, y compris] un itinéraire de facteurs particulier, une route rurale ou un itinéraire desservant une région de tri d’acheminement.

OBS

secteur urbain; zone urbaine : termes en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Population Movements
CONT

Young Canadians appear only slightly more likely to live in an urban area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Mouvements de population
CONT

Les jeunes Canadiens sont seulement un peu plus susceptibles que leurs compatriotes de vivre en zone urbaine.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
CONT

"Urban Space is created by the built massing and their elevations. Buildings are therefore space-forming. The designer of a building is consequently responsible for the image that is created and imposed upon the user. Buildings mark their surroundings and must accordingly capture the 'genius loci' and reflects this 'spirit of the place' in which they are located. In this sense buildings 'serve' their context and the people which inhabit them." Rob Krier and Christopher Kohl.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
DEF

Ensemble des espaces d'une ville ou d'un quartier de ville englobant les constructions et ouvrages de toute nature qui reposent sur le sol naturel ou artificiel qui les reçoit ainsi que les surfaces non construites utilisées pour la circulation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
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