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FRANGE URBAINE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
CONT

the urban fringe is that subzone of rural-urban fringe in contact with the central city exhibiting a high density of occupied dwellings-a high proportion of residential, commercial, industrial and vacant as distinct from farmland and a higher rate of increase in population density, land use conversion and commuting. (L.S. Bourne, Internal Structure of the City, Toronto, 1971, Oxford University Press, p. 62).

Key term(s)
  • rural-urban fringe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
CONT

La suburbanisation désigne [...] l'urbanisation et [les] formes d'urbanisation aux marges des centres urbains.

Key term(s)
  • marge des centres urbains
  • marges des centres urbains

Spanish

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