The development of urban centres in the Low Countries shows the process by which the Low Countries, a region in Western Europe, evolved from a highly...

rights are a feature of the medieval history of the Low Countries. A liege lord, usually a count, duke or similar member of the high nobility, granted...

economic motives. Unlike the urban development in the Western countries, Soviet-style planning often called for the complete redesigning of cities. This thinking...

American urban history is the study of cities of the United States. Local historians have always written about their own cities. Starting in the 1920s,...

and low income countries. Least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states are all sub-groupings of developing...

into and out of urban areas such as transportation and distribution networks. The history of urban planning runs parallel to the history of the city, as planning...

be referred to as 'suburbs' in most other countries), and the lower-density suburbs on the outskirts of the urban area. The term 'middle suburbs' is also...

remained high in poorer countries. Tokyo is the largest urban agglomeration in the world. As of 2021, the total fertility rate of the world is estimated...

shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city". Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growth in many urban areas...

Liège History of urban centers in the Low Countries New York Times 1997. Hourihane 2012. Baedeker 1910. Chambers 1901. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German]...