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