The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary
a resource of the .network library
city:
... city is a place having urban
demographics and of significant size and importance
in its geographic
area so that it is seen as a center of population,
commerce, economic
development and culture. The definition of city as
a location is
accounted for under the expression, city region, by The
Network. See the definition of city region below.
Commercial and industrial real estate service
providers are an important part of
a group known as .network mission
contacts—see
the definition of commercial and industrial real estate below. Real
estate services is assistance, help and all other
varieties of work, especially for pay, provided in order to buy,
sell, develop,
and
maintain assets in the real
estate industry.
commercial and industrial real estate:
... an expression used by The Network to identify the segment of the real estate industry other than residential. It combines commercial real estate and industrial real estate. It draws attention to the two areas of real estate most often associated with site selection.
CLICK HERE for a list of .network glossary terms that begin with real estate
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definition of real
estate industry / definition of real estate services
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megalopolis:
... one of the largest of cities; a global
city-region; by .network definition,
a location of
expansive area with a contact in
position to supply economic
development data about it
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definition
of megalopolis / definition of megalopolis region
as a global city-region
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... a metro
area or a city with a population between
200,000 and 500,000 according to an article published
in The Journal of Applied Ecology (1989);
a midsize metropolitan
area that
is a location or
that gives identity to a city-region and
by .network definition has
a contact in
position to supply economic
development data.
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definition
of mesolopolis
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... a metro
area; a large city having a population of 500,000
or more; a metropolitan
area that
is a
location or
that gives identity to a city-region and
by .network definition has a contact in
position to supply economic
development data about it.
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definition
of metropolis / definition of a metropolitan area
as a city-region
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metropolitan region ... a metropolitan
area. CLICK HERE for MSA information.
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definition
of metropolitan area / definition of metropolitan
region
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... a metro
area or a city with a population between 50,000
and 200,000 according to an article published in The
Journal of Applied Ecology (1989); a midsize metropolitan
area that is a location or
that gives identity to a city-region and
by .network definition has a contact in
position to supply economic
development data.
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definition
of microlopolis / what is a city of 50,000 to 200,000
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... an area if urban and
rural mix that has city-like qualities or features at
its center (more).
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definition
of micropolitan / what is a micropolitan area
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... a community of sufficient size so
as to be classified larger than a village but too small
in population to be considered a city; a community as a
location with a name but distinctly less populated than
a microlopolis and without urban characteristics; a settlement
in a rural environment with a commercial center; a relatively
small community in a city-region outlying from other communities
so that it is distinctly not contiguous to an urban area.
A small town on a railroad line is called as a whistle
stop if a train stops only if signaled.
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definition
of town / what is town
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... the classification of a developed
area that has the characteristics
of a city in terms of its demographics,
especially in terms of lifestyle and density of population—see
the definitions of urbanized area and urban land. The opposite
of urban is rural which is generally though of as
having agrarian or pastoral characteristics and is identified
as a sparsely populated area. Various definitions of rural
depend on having a population density
of less that a specified number within a designated area.
The argument can be made that a rural area, which is not
barren, is more likely to have qualities for sustaining
its population and to be self-contained as opposed to a
urban area which is distinctly dependent upon importation
and some level of commerce.
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definition
of urban / definition of rural / definition of
rural area
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... a small community in a rural area
that doesn't have distinct commercial center but may have
one or two stores; a settlement with a population larger
than a hamlet or cross-roads community but not having the
characteristics of a town. A cross-roads community is defined
as a place where transportation arteries intersect in a
rural area and where there are several houses and possibly
a store. A cross-roads with a railroad station may be
called a whistle stop. The Network offers an economic development
resource paper that explains how a cross-roads grew to
become a village, how a village grew to become a town,
and how a town grew to become a city. Scroll up this page
for
the definitions of cities of various sizes. At the top
of this page is the definition of city-region, a location
named for the place that drives an area economy.
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definition
of village / definition of hamlet / definition
of a cross roads / definition of crossroads
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