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Functional Urban Area (FUA)
theme: Spatial Structuresdefinition:
"For countries with more than 10 million inhabitants, a FUA is defined as having an urban core of at least 15,000 inhabitants and over 50,000 in total population. For smaller countries, a FUA should have an urban core of at least 15,000 inhabitants and more than 0.5% of the national population, as well as having functions of national or regional importance. 1595 FUAs with more than 20,000 inhabitants have been identified in Europe."
source:ESPON Project 1.1.1 "Potentials for polycentric development in Europe", Final Report, p. 24
download document:ESPON report 1.1.1 complete.pdf (33,9MB)
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