Space with urban character

A space with urban character comprises larger urban zones and two other space categories: municipalities with multiple orientations as well as core municipalities outside of larger urban zones.The larger urban zones represent analysis regions. The statistical recording of urban spaces has been carried out by the FSO for over a hundred years and aims to measure urbanisation as a basic phenomenon

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Space with urban character

Tags: Landscape and Space, Spatial development, Territorial typologies, Planning, Landscape
Spatial extents: Switzerland, Switzerland plus
Spatial unit: Communes
Time: 2016