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is a social reality made up of relations conceived, constructed, or reconstructed by thought.

a social reality made up of relations which are conceived of, constructed or reconstructed by thought' (Lefebvre 1968/1996: 103)

is the interacting confluence of localities, technology, and institutions.

An urban area is a nodal point that facilitates communication, exchange, and transfer. 'By definition, then,' Leeds (Sanjek 1994: 54) 'that which is urban is always a matter of degree, and a degree of urbanness is measured not by the size of the nucleations (which may be profoundly affected by ecology, institutional structures, and policies), nor by density (which may be profoundly affected by locality and technical specializations, as well as by policy), nor generally, by the classical measures of 'urbanization' effectively derived from recent Western experience, but rather, by an interaction index of the three forms of specialization.' Leeds (Sanjek 1994: 55-6) emphasizes that any locality is linked in a network of localities (none are completely self-sufficient or isolated) and it is the entire society that should be characterized as having some degree of urbanization. 'A peasant is an urban man,' declares Leeds (Sanjek 1994: 56).

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