Urban area
HUMAN SETTLEMENT WITH HIGH POPULATION DENSITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Urban agglomeration; Urbanized areas; Urbanized area; Agglomerations; Built-up areas; Urbanized Area; Urban Area; Urban areas; City area; Built up Area; Built Up Area; Built-up area; Urban center; Urban centre; Agglomération; Heavily built-up area; Urban agglomerations; Urban zone; Urban population; Urban environment; Urban Population; Urban region; Built up area; Developed areas; Urban and built-up areas; Urban and built-up area; Urban environments; Built up areas; Urban regions; Urbanized zone; Urbanized zones; Urbanised area; Urbanised areas; Urbanised zone; Urbanised zones; Urbanized region; Urbanized regions; Urbanised region; Urbanised regions; Built-up zone; Built up zone; Builtup zone; Built up zones; Built-up zones; Builtup zones; Built up region; Built-up region; Builtup region; Built up regions; Built-up regions; Builtup regions; Urban Agglomeration; Urban centers; Urban space; Construction area; Urban conurbation; City environment; Built-up area (UK); Urban landmass; Urban city; Urbanized city
An urban area, or built-up area, is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs.