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But what exactly is a city or an urban area? What is the size threshold for an area to qualify as a city? What type of administrative, legal or historical status defines a city ? How do we distinguish an urban area from a town or a village?
The city in its complete sense, then, is a geographic plexus, an economic organization, an institutional process. a theater of social action, and an aesthetic symbol of collective unity. The city fosters art and is art; the city creates the theater and is the theater. It is in the city, the city as t];}eater, that man's more purposive activities.
Why do we need the city definition? • Delimitating a system boundary (e.g. for modelling purposes) • Comparing various indicators within a city and among cities (e.g. energy consumption or CO2 emissions per capita) – Globally, 60–80% of final energy consumption can be assigned to cities
13 Δεκ 2016 · A municipal charter is the legal document that defines the organization, powers, functions, and essential procedures of the city government. The charter also details the form of municipal government, of which there are historically five forms: council-manager, mayor-council, commission, town meeting and representative town meeting.
• Some big unitary councils cover large county areas such as Cornwall, Wiltshire and County Durham. • Some unitary councils cover a city or large town which sit within a wider county area that is administratively separate, such as Derby City Council in Derbyshire or Blackpool Council in Lancashire.
Urban Geography is concerned to identify and explain the distribution of towns and cities and the socio-spatial similarities and contrasts that exist within and between them.
In "What Is a City?” Mumford lays out his fundamental propositions about city planning and the human potential, both individual and social, of urban life.
