SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the outlying areas of cities?
A
megalopolis
B
metropolitan area
C
suburbs
D
towns
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indeed, the suburbs are the outlying areas of a city which are close enough to the city centre to be accessible by commuters. Essentially it is a part of urbanisation, in that it increases the proportion of people that live in towns and cities in comparison to those in rural areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -A suburb of a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town but is outside its centre.

Detailed explanation-3: -What Is a Suburb? Another term lacking a consensus definition in the field of planning, “suburb” is usually deployed to describe residential communities outside central urban areas. A suburb is an outlying city or neighborhood-described in contrast to more urban, central cities and neighborhoods.

Detailed explanation-4: -an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live: Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.

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