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3.4.04

attempts at definition 

Off the cuff and to be modified and added to over time:

What is the city?
The city is a (spatial) area in which there is a high density of people, buildings and infrastructure; its limits are fuzzy and loosely bordered in by areas of low or much lower density (the city bleeds); and its identity as a unit is usually distinguished as such by those living in and outside it (in/in between/out group distinction).

What is urbanism (the way of being)?
Urbanity is the possessing or imparting of the experience of living in a city, i.e. in an environment of density and diversity (of people, buildings, infrastructure).
Posted by: Kaspar / 3.4.04


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