http://www.putitintowords.co.uk/property/what-defines-a-village-town-or-city/
In class this past week we have been attempting to define what exactly makes up a city. What words do you use to describe it? What picture represents a city to you? These questions help us to understand the ultimate question "What is a city?"After all, the idea of what defines a city is socially constructed. While maybe this a question that has an ambiguous answer there are certain landmarks, locations, and numerous other factors that determine a city. The above article discusses qualifications for city status in the United Kingdom.
In this article, a distinction is made between villages, towns, and cities. It relies on five key elements: churches, town halls, infrastructure, population density, and geographical location. Cities according to this article represent a highly industrialized area with an even higher population density. They have bustling urban centers that may have important significance or governance. After cities the second largest are towns and then villages. A village must have a church to be recognized. In the United States things are similar. It seems we tend to categorize things more along the lines of rural, suburban, and urban and our cities share the same characteristics of industrialization and high population density.
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ReplyDeleteIt is quite easy to recognize a city in America at least. Lights, sounds, industrialization, and many more things label cities as such. I used to take many car trips across the country when I was younger and it was never in doubt when we would be coming upon a city from the increase in congestion, highway signs, and modernized roads.
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