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Shaw, Eugene F. – 1972
Despite large rural areas, the United States is basically an urban nation, particularly since the extensiveness and variety of communication networks, rather than open spaces, determine the true degree of urbanization of a region or community. A region is urban to the extent that its interpersonal and media channels are developed. The metropolitan…
Descriptors: College Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Characteristics, Information Theory

United Nations New York, NY. Dept. of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. – 1995
This publication concentrates on city problems and special city planning issues in the world's large cities, pinpointing their demographic characteristics, economic structure, available social services, and infrastructures, as well as current issues facing city planners. Profiles of 100 large cities across the world, from Abidjan to Yangon, make…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Characteristics, Crowding, Developed Nations