Satellite city

 ( Types Of Cities ) 

A satellite city or satellite town is a smaller municipality or settlement that is part of (or on the edge of) a larger metropolitan area and serves as a regional population and employment center.

James Stevens Curl (2026). 9780198606789, Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780198606789

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It differs from mere , subdivisions and especially bedroom communities in that it has employment bases sufficient to support its residential population, and conceptually, could be a self-sufficient community outside of its larger metropolitan area.

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However, it functions as part of a metropolis and experiences high levels of cross-commuting (that is, residents commuting out of and employees commuting into the city).

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See also

General

• New Urbanism
• Rural flight
• Satellite village
• Urban area
• Urban sprawl

Planning

• Regional planning
• Spatial planning

Lists

• List of United States urban areas
• Satellite cities

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External articles

• Graham Romeyn Taylor, Satellite Cities. A Study of Industrial Suburbs.
• Berger, A. S. (1978). The city: urban communities and their problems. Dubuque, Iowa: Brown.
• Carpenter, N. (1931). The sociology of city life. Longmans' social science series. New York: Longmans, Green and Co.

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