Describe the types of Urban settlements.

1.	Describe the types of Urban settlements.
Answer» The types of Urban settlements are designated as towns, cities, million cities etc. It is based on their size of population. Town – A town is one in a rural community, having much smaller in size of a population than a city. City – A densely populated area of considerable size is a city which is larger than a town. An urban center with 1 lakh and more population is called a city. Conurbation – The term conurbation applies to a large area of urban development that resulted from the merging of several towns of cities eg: Greater London. Greater Mumbai etc. Megalopolis – Megalopolis are the extended urban or metropoliton area, typically consisting of several sites merging with the suburbs of one or more cities. Million City – Total population of 1 million and above, the urban area is known as million cities. The total number of million cities was 160 in 1975, 438 in 2005 & 468 in 2013. Mega city – A mega city is a general term for cities together with their suburbs with population of more than 10 million people or mega city is defined as a metropolitan area with total population in excess of 10 million people. Newyork was the first to attain the status of a mega city by 1950 with population of 12.5 million.

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The types of Urban settlements are designated as towns, cities, million cities etc.

It is based on their size of population.

Town – A town is one in a rural community, having much smaller in size of a population than a city.
City – A densely populated area of considerable size is a city which is larger than a town. An urban center with 1 lakh and more population is called a city.
Conurbation – The term conurbation applies to a large area of urban development that resulted from the merging of several towns of cities eg: Greater London. Greater Mumbai etc.
Megalopolis – Megalopolis are the extended urban or metropoliton area, typically consisting of several sites merging with the suburbs of one or more cities.
Million City – Total population of 1 million and above, the urban area is known as million cities. The total number of million cities was 160 in 1975, 438 in 2005 & 468 in 2013.
Mega city – A mega city is a general term for cities together with their suburbs with population of more than 10 million people or mega city is defined as a metropolitan area with total population in excess of 10 million people.

Newyork was the first to attain the status of a mega city by 1950 with population of 12.5 million.

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