It was adopted as a theoretical framework for analyzing redevelopment processes in large urban distressed areas in European cities ( see “ LUDA: Improving quality of life in Large Urban Distressed Areas ” project – Research funded by the European Commission, EVK4-CT2002-00081 ).

Surrounding areas include the cities of Cessnock and Singleton Local Government Areas.

In the past, these were referred to by the Census as " NECMA "' s ( New England County Metropolitan Areas ) and were separate from the normal census counts for the areas, which used cities and towns as their basis.

A series of measures, starting with the Distribution of Industry Act 1945, aimed to prevent industrial growth in the " Congested Areas " – essentially the booming cities of London and Birmingham – instead encouraging the dispersal of industry to the economically stagnant " Development Areas " in the north and west.

This category contains articles about cities in the U. S. state of Georgia ( Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.

The concept of Urbanized Areas as defined by the U. S. Census Bureau is often used as a more accurate gauge of the size of a city, since in different cities and states the lines between city borders and the urbanized area of that city are often not the same.

It serves as the back-road to the Phoenix and Tucson Metropolitan Areas and control cities along this route show either Phoenix or Tucson.

In 2000, the USGS launched the new Urban Areas program, which will ultimately take high-resolution color aerial photographs of about 100 major American cities.

TerraServer had Urban Areas data for 40 cities.

In the United States, satellite cities are often ( but not always ) listed as independent Metropolitan Statistical Areas within a single Combined Statistical Area that is unified with the larger metropolis.

In Pakistan, the vast majority of the Tarkanis no longer reside in the Bajaur agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, choosing instead to migrate to Peshawar and other cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The Natives ( Urban Areas ) Act, 1923 deemed urban areas in South Africa as " white " and required all black African men in cities and towns to carry permits called " passes " at all times.

Why Published Populations For Major World Urban Areas Vary So Greatly " ( which is the basis for List of metropolitan areas by population ), can get confused about the usage of “ city proper .” On page 2, they give “ city proper ” an “ administrative definition .” On page 5, they imply that the administrative boundaries define the “ city proper .” Yet on page 14, they make “ city proper ” a smaller subset of the administrative areas of the cities of Tokyo, Mexico City and Chicago, and imply that “ city proper ” and “ administrative area ” can be different.

Nova Scotia no longer maintains cities as first-tier municipalities, however it has designated the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the two largest by population, as " Metropolitan Areas " within their respective regional municipality.

School districts in the Unorganized Borough are operated either by cities, in those limited instances when the city has chosen to undertake those powers, or through the general guidance of the state Department of Education under the auspices of Rural Education Attendance Areas ( see below ).

Areas of the southern continent include the static cities of Zagwa and Tibetsi, and the highland area known as the Mountains of the Moon.

When Cape Town did start implementing the Group Areas Act, it did so more severely than any other major city ; by mid 1980s it became one of the most segregated cities in South Africa.

Dublin City Council is a unicameral assembly of 52 members elected every five years from Local Election Areas.

Dublin City Council has thirteen Local Electoral Areas.

Diamond Jubilee Schools for girls were established throughout the remote Northern Areas of what is now Pakistan.

The areas of Lochnagar and Ballochbuie were designated in 1998 by the Secretary of State for Scotland as Special Protection Areas ( SPA ) under the European Union ( EU ) Birds Directive.

Areas with ravines or forests, like Chambal, Chilapata Forests were once known for dacoits.

Areas further from the center were the domain of the chōnin ( 町人, literally " townsfolk ").

Areas which were converted to Islam early, such as Aceh, broke away from Srivijaya ’ s control.

Areas that were shired by 1607 and continued in existence down to the local government reforms of 1836, 1898 and 2001 are sometimes referred to as " traditional " or " historic " counties.

Areas that were traditionally Muslim had very little crusader settlement, just as they already had very few native Christian inhabitants.

Areas that had many Polish-language speakers were known as the Polish departments.

As of early 1994, there were thirty-three ministerial portfolios: commerce ; communications ; culture ; defence ; defence production ; education ; environment ; finance and economic affairs ; food and agriculture ; foreign affairs ; health ; housing ; information and broadcasting ; interior ; Kashmiri affairs and Northern Areas ; law and justice ; local government ; minority affairs ; narcotics control ; parliamentary affairs ; petroleum and natural resources production ; planning and development ; railways ; religious affairs ; science and technology ; social welfare ; special education ; sports ; state and frontier regions ; tourism ; water and power ; women's development ; and youth affairs.

All telecom companies are working to broaden their networks in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Areas, which were largely ignored until recently.

Areas that were still missing were gap-filled with a blue or white resin.

In 1994, control of Areas ' A ' and ' B ' were transferred to the Palestinian Authority.

In November 2001, Taliban, Al-Qaeda combatants and ISI operatives were safely evacuated from Kunduz on Pakistan Army cargo aircraft to Pakistan Air Force bases in Chitral and Gilgit in Pakistan's Northern Areas in what has been dubbed the " Airlift of Evil " Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf wrote in his memoirs that Richard Armitage, the former US deputy secretary of state, said Pakistan would be " bombed back to the stone-age " if it continued to support the Taliban, although Armitage has since denied using the " stone age " phrase.

In November 2001, before the capture of Kunduz by United Front troops under the command of Mohammad Daud Daud, thousands of top commanders and regular fighters of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agents and military personnel, and other volunteers and sympathizers in the Kunduz airlift, dubbed the Airlift of Evil by US military forces around Kunduz and subsequently used as a term in media reports, were evacuated and airlifted out of Kunduz by Pakistan Army cargo aircraft to Pakistan Air Force air bases in Chitral and Gilgit in Pakistan's Northern Areas.

Areas that were annexed by the Soviets were reincorporated into Romania, along with the newly established Transnistria Governorate.

Areas outside city limits were left open as farmland.

This allowed for new development on infill sites or on the edge of larger towns and villages, “ but preventing development in the open countryside and in designated areas such as green belts and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty .” In addition, opportunities for public participation in the planning process were also increased by the Act, partly in response to opposition to some features of urban housing and planning policies.

In 1966, five development areas ( covering half the population in the UK ) were established, while subsidies were provided for employers recruiting new employees in the Development Areas.

It is estimated that, between 1964 and 1970, 45, 000 government jobs were created outside London, 21, 000 of which were located in the Development Areas.

In July 1967, the government decided to pour money into what the Plowden Committee defined as Educational Priority Areas, poverty-stricken areas where children were environmentally deprived.

Areas of Stanage were quarried in the past to produce grindstones, and some can still be seen on the hillside — carved, but never removed.

Inuit and Aboriginal Peoples of the Arctic Areas and less so of southern areas used the carved bowl shaped serpentinite Qulliq or Kudlik lamp with wick, to burn oil or fat to heat, make light and cook with.