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  Urban means "related to cities." It may refer to:
  • Urban area
    Urban area

    An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
    , a geographical area distinct from rural areas
  • Urban culture
    Urban culture

    Urban culture is the culture of city. Cities all over the world, past and present, have behaviors and cultural elements that separate them from otherwise comparable rural areas....
    , the culture of cities
  • Urban (name)
    Urban (name)

    Urban is a common name, from the Latin urbanus ....
    , a given name and surname
  • Urban (newspaper)
    Urban (newspaper)

    Urban is a Denmark free daily newspaper owned by Det Berlingske Officin. It was launched on September 24, 2001, shortly after the competing free daily MetroXpress ....
    , a Danish free daily newspaper
  • Urban Records
    Urban Records

    Urban Records is a Germany record label subisdiary of Universal Music Group.See also * List of record labels...
    , a record label


See also

  • Urban agglomeration
  • Urban contemporary
    Urban contemporary

    Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop music, contemporary R&B, and, on occasion, Caribbean music such as reggae and reggaeton....
    , a music radio format
    • Mainstream urban
      Mainstream Urban

      Mainstream urban is a term used to describe a radio format similar to an urban contemporary format. The format differentiates itself due to two factors: playlist composition and target demographic....
    • Urban adult contemporary
      Urban Adult Contemporary

      Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists....
  • Urban decay
    Urban decay

    Urban decay is a process by which a city, or a part of a city, falls into a state of disrepair. It is characterized by depopulation, economic restructuring, property abandonment, high unemployment, fragmented families, political disenfranchisement, crime, and desolate and unfriendly urban landscapes....
  • Urban design
    Urban design

    Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space....
  • Urban economics
    Urban economics

    Urban Economics is broadly the economic study of urban areas. As such, it involves using the tools of economics to analyze urban issues such as crime, education, public transit, housing, and local government finance....
  • Urban exploration
    Urban exploration

    Urban exploration is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites....
  • Urban heat island
    Urban heat island

    An urban heat island is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas. The temperature difference usually is larger at night than during the day and larger in winter than in summer, and is most apparent when winds are weak....
  • Urban legend
    Urban legend

    An urban legend, urban myth, or urban tale is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them....
  • Urban planning
    Urban planning

    Urban, city, and town planning is the integration of the disciplines of land use planning and transport planning, to explore a very wide range of aspects of the built and social environments of urbanized municipalities and communities....
  • Urban primacy
    Urban primacy

    In urban studies, urban primacy indicates a city whose population is at least twice as large as that of the next largest city in a country. Such a city is called a primate city....
  • Urban sociology
    Urban sociology

    Urban sociology is the Sociology study of social life and human interaction in metropolitan areas. It is a normative discipline of sociology seeking to study the structures, processes, changes and problems of an urban area and by doing so providing inputs for planning and policy making....
  • Urban structure
    Urban structure

    Urban structure is the arrangement of land use in urban areas. Sociologists, economists, and geographers have developed several models, explaining where different types of people and businesses tend to exist within the urban setting....
  • Urban Takeover
    Urban Takeover

    Urban Takeover is a drum and bass record label founded by DJs and recording artists Micky Finn and Aphrodite . The label is often associated with the Hip hop music-influenced Jump-Up style of Drum and Bass which was highly popular in the mid-nineties....
    , a record label
  • Urban tribe
    Urban Tribe

    Urban Tribe is the alias used by Sherard Ingram, an electronic musician from Detroit.Urban Tribe's first releases were issued on Carl Craig's labels, Retroactive Records and Planet E....