2017-07-30T03:44:32+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Urbanization, Planned community, Garden city movement, Global city, Urban climate, City marketing, Corniche, Town privileges, City region, Maya city, International city, Smart city flashcards
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  • Urbanization
    Urbanization is a population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change.
  • Planned community
    A planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area.
  • Garden city movement
    The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom.
  • Global city
    A global city, also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center, is a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system.
  • Urban climate
    Urban climate refers to climatic conditions in an urban area that differ from neighboring rural areas, and are attributable to urban development.
  • City marketing
    City marketing (related to city branding) is the promotion of a city, or a district within it, with the aim of encouraging certain activities to take place there.
  • Corniche
    A corniche is a road on the side of a cliff or mountain, with the ground rising on one side of the road and falling away on the other.
  • Town privileges
    Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
  • City region
    City region is a term in use since about 1950 by urbanists, economists and urban planners to mean a metropolitan area and hinterland, often having a shared administration.
  • Maya city
    Maya cities were the centres of population of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
  • International city
    An international city is an autonomous or semi-autonomous city-state that is separate from the direct supervision of any single nation-state.
  • Smart city
    A smart city is an urban development mission to integrate multiple information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets – the city’s assets include, but are not limited to, local departments' information systems, schools, libraries, transportation systems, hospitals, power plants, water supply networks, waste management, law enforcement, and other community services.