Difference between revisions of "City"
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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City | ||
| + | |image=Tokyo.jpg | ||
| + | |image_width=480px | ||
| + | |image_caption =Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world. | ||
|constitutes=settlement | |constitutes=settlement | ||
|key_properties=Has location/Description | |key_properties=Has location/Description | ||
|key_property_headers=Location/Description | |key_property_headers=Location/Description | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | A '''city''' is generally an extensive human settlement with a sophisticated system of transport, communication, housing, sanitation, etc. | ||
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| + | Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid [[urbanization]], roughly half of the world population now lives in cities and 68% is projected to live in urban areas by 2050.<ref>https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:13, 2 December 2020
 City  (settlement)   | |
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 Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world. |
A city is generally an extensive human settlement with a sophisticated system of transport, communication, housing, sanitation, etc.
Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, roughly half of the world population now lives in cities and 68% is projected to live in urban areas by 2050.[1]
Examples
| Page name | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amman | ||
| Amsterdam | ||
| Ankara | ||
| Antwerp | ||
| Athens | ||
| Bad Aachen | ||
| Baghdad | ||
| Baltimore | ||
| Bangkok | ||
| Barcelona | ||
| Basel | ||
| Beijing | ||
| Beirut | ||
| Belfast | ||
| Benghazi | ||
| Berlin | ||
| Bogotá | ||
| Bonn | Before Germany was re-united, this was the capital city of West Germany | |
| Boston | ||
| Brussels | ||
| Bucharest | ||
| Budapest | ||
| Buenos Aires | ||
| Buffalo | ||
| Cairo | ||
| Cannes | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Copenhagen | ||
| Dallas | ||
| Delhi | ||
| Detroit | A city in which car ownership is reportedly risky. | |
| Dresden | ||
| Dubai | ||
| Dublin | ||
| Edinburgh | ||
| Geneva | ||
| Glasgow | ||
| Hamburg | ||
| Hanoi | ||
| Havana | ||
| Helsinki | ||
| Hilversum | Small city. Location of the murder of Pim Fortuyn and a hijacking of the NOS-building. HQ of most Dutch TV-broadcasters. | |
| Houston | ||
| Istanbul | ||
| Jakarta | ||
| Johannesburg | ||
| Leeds | ||
| Lisbon | ||
| Liverpool | ||
| London | Capital city of the UK | |
| ... further results | ||
