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The Problems of Defining a Small Urban Centre in Libya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

S. K. Kezeiri
S. K. Kezeiri*
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Department of Geography, University of Durham
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Abstract

The problems of how to define small urban centres are considered and different criteria are assessed (size, function, status, etc). The evidence derived from Libyan censuses is examined and a classification of urban centres in Libya is proposed.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 15 , 1984 , pp. 143 - 148
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1984

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