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City / Town

City / Town. Presented by: Thales Sehn Korting Julio Preciado Farah Saeed 24-03-2010. Outline . Introduction Parameters Primitives Predication Criteria Axioms. City . Relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly large urban settlement ( Goodall , 1987).

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City / Town

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  1. City / Town Presented by: Thales SehnKorting Julio Preciado Farah Saeed 24-03-2010 ifgi Spring School 2010

  2. Outline • Introduction • Parameters • Primitives • Predication Criteria • Axioms

  3. City • Relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly large urban settlement (Goodall, 1987). • Relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population, of greater size or importance than town or village (British Encyclopedia). • Urban area with high population density which is dominated mainly industrial and service activities (Wikipedia.org).

  4. Town and village • A town is a settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands) inhabitants. • A village is a clustered human settlement with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousands.

  5. Illustration

  6. Parameters for City • agglomeration >5,000 pop • where agriculture < 25% of the total. • Inhabitants >10,000 if towns are closely concentrated, • engaged primarily secondary and tertiary sectors Source, (Capel, H. 1975) The European Conference of Statistics of Prague

  7. Primitives City/Town • Pop density • Economic activity • No. of buildings • Utilities coverage

  8. Predication criteria • Demarcation • Administrative & dynamic boundaries • Individuation • Demarcation • Primitives • Identity parameters City Town Village Town time

  9. Axioms

  10. Thank You

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