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City

A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small.

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Meaning

Etymology

Geography

History

Urbanization

Government

Society

Infrastructure

Housing

Ecology

World city system

Representation in culture

Gallery

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City

Nodes799
Edges798
Triples414
Avg. degree2
Density0.002503
Components1

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City

Top relations

related to Middle Ages · 30
City → Baghdad, Basel, By, Cairo, Christian, Constantinople, Córdoba, East, Eastern Roman Empire, Europe, Frankfurt, From, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Diet, Imperial Estates, In, Islamic, Italy, Late, Mediterranean
related to Global governance · 27
City → Agenda, Asian Network, At, C40 Cities Climate Leadership, Canadian Municipalities, Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, Cities, Cities Programme, CNCA, Compact, Covenant, Environmental, Eurocities, Federation, Group, ICLEI, Local Governments, Major Cities, Mayors, National League
related to Post-industrial age · 17
City → America's, Amidst, China, Detroit, Gary, Great Leap Forward, IBM, In, Indiana, Michigan, RAND Corporation, Rust Belt, Some, Steel Belt, Such, Under, West
related to Representation in culture · 16
City → Babylon, Bible, Book, Cain, Cities, Genesis, Gilgamesh, In, In Sumerian, Jerusalem, Nimrod, Such, The, This, Uruk, Western
related to history · 15
City → Aleppo, Alexander, Argos, Athens, Byblos, Cities, Damascus, Early, Faiyum, Great, In, Jericho, Matera, The, Yerevan
related to Early modern · 14
City → Americas, Atlantic, Cities, During, However, In, London, Paris, Peace, Roman, Spanish, West, Western Europe's, Westphalia
related to Social structure · 14
City → Europe, France, In Marxist, Landless, Meanwhile, North America, People, Spatially, Suburbs, The, Urban, US, West, While
related to Ancient times · 13
City → BC, China, Egypt, Excavations, However, In, India, Iraq, Jericho, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, Some, Uruk
related to Government · 13
City → British, Chile, England, France, India, Italy, Portugal, Portuguese, Spain, Spanish, The, United States, Whatever
related to Gallery · 12
City → AfghanistanMap, George Town, Hillside, Hippodameian, Kabul, Malaysia, New York City, Park, Penang Island City Council, Piraeus, Warsaw Old Town, Warsaw Uprising

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Important terminology

cities urban population development world areas economic also public urbanization infrastructure global people may new political systems governance century cultural

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cityis ahuman settlement of a substantial size0.90text
populationinstance ofinvoking factors0.80text
population densityinstance ofinvoking factors0.80text
number of dwellingsinstance ofinvoking factors0.80text
economic functioninstance ofinvoking factors0.80text
and infrastructureinstance ofinvoking factors0.80text
canal-buildinginstance ofwork systems0.80text
food distributioninstance ofwork systems0.80text
land-ownershipinstance ofwork systems0.80text
agricultureinstance ofwork systems0.80text
commerceinstance ofwork systems0.80text
manufacturinginstance ofwork systems0.80text

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