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Conurbation - Definition and Overview |
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A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. It is thus a polycentric form of agglomeration.
A metropolitan area (where not centred on a single city) usually combines a conurbation proper (the contiguous built-up area) with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character but closely bound to the conurbation by employment or commerce.
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Example Usage of Conurbation |
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batreyat: [Blog] The Expansion Of San Francisco From Sleepy Hamlet To Full-Of-Activity Conurbation: It is certainly not easy ... http://ping.fm/hvksm |
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eeedig: New blog post: The Expansion Of San Francisco From Sleepy Hamlet To Full-Of-Activity Conurbation http://www.eeedig.com/2009/11/08/1431/ |
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doccosmos: @hatmandu It's the largest Conurbation in Southern Germany |
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