The different uses and functions of the land use could also be identified at both the urban and rural levels. Urban areas such as that shown of Belfast above can often be very easy to recognise.

Cities can also be called urban areas. Liverpool is an example of a city in a HIC - England. The Hoyt (Sector) Model of 1939, showing land use in HIC cities. Land use in modern HIC cities looks a ...

Starting from a unified urban definition, the research team utilized remote sensing data on urban population and land use to ...