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urban system  

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  • Cities are not isolated entities; rather, they are related to other cities through multiple connections and exchanges. These relationships create spatial interdependencies, functional differentiation, and growth and thereby generate persistent structural features that become generic properties of urban systems. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Urban System]

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