urban hierarchy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofurbanandhierarchy
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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈɜː.bən/us/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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hierarchy
noun[C]
uk/ˈhaɪə.rɑː.ki/us/ˈhaɪ.rɑːr.ki/
a system in which people or things are arranged according to ...
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(Definition ofurbanandhierarchyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofurban hierarchy
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Indeed, it is still not entirely clear just what defines a city and a city's place in theurbanhierarchy.
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Most of these towns ranked in theurbanhierarchyas tertiary medium-sized or small towns.
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The approach that we have adopted here is to identify a series of benchmarks which can be used to place towns in theurbanhierarchy.
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Occasional music, in short, was a mirror of theurbanhierarchyand a vehicle for the socially ambitious.
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The wholeurbanhierarchywas by then adequately covered.
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Figure 6 gives an impression of theurbanhierarchyin the middle of the seventeenth century.
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The 'folk culture' also produced in the nineteenth century its own response to the nationalurbanhierarchy in the structure of eisteddfodau and denominations.
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If intercity personal interaction follows a hierarchical model, as suggested here, then we would expect linguistic changes to diffuse along theurbanhierarchy.
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The minute organization of this ritual was a common expression of theurbanhierarchyand social order that ruled the town.
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The article explores the relationship between variables, city size, position in theurbanhierarchy, urban growth and the function of the city in relation to the spread of the telephone.
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However, the geographical pattern does not even faintly resemble either the diffusion pattern down theurbanhierarchyor the contrary pattern from the smaller to the larger cities.
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Understanding the development of the near-northernurbanhierarchythus depends on close examination of the actual processes involved, but the existence of effective models from elsewhere has discouraged this.
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There is much concern with urban hierarchies, statistical sophistication and some interest in theory.
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Sites of the metropolis that are commonly associated with the representational value of the city are discharged and urban hierarchies are reassessed.
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This perspective is strengthened by a dozen maps and other figures that provide information about distances between cities of varying sizes and thus about urban hierarchies.
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