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  Satellite city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Satellite cities are smaller municipalities that are adjacent to a major city which is the core of a metropolitan area.
238,954 - city itself), are closely surrounded by a significant number of satellite cities and towns which in conurbation results in large metropolitan areas with over 2 million inhabitants in the case of Lisbon, and over 1 million in the case of Porto.
Satellite City was the name given to the press area located on the hills outside the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas, USA during the 1993 siege of the complex by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Satellite_cities   (235 words)

  
 Satellite town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A satellite town or satellite city is a concept of urban planning, although many satellite cities and towns appeared spontaneously near many metropolises.
It may involve consciously planned cities to act as spiller or dormitory towns.
Satellite cities are involved in the urbanism plans of Brasília, Singapore and Canberra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Satellite_town   (101 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Satellite town
A satellite town or satellite city is a concept of urban planning, although many satellite cities and towns appeared spontaneously near many metropoleis.
Satellite towns are smaller municipalities that are adjacent to a major city which is the core of a metropolitan area.
Satellite cities are involved in the urbanism plans of Brasília, Jakarta, Singapore, Delhi and Canberra.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Satellite_city   (221 words)

  
 NASA - There's a Change in Rain Around Desert Cities
The city of Riyadh has also grown quickly in the past few decades, and its weather has been affected by the urban heat-island effect, although the causes are less clear than they are in Phoenix.
Shepherd used satellite images from the Landsat satellite and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite to determine expansion characteristics.
Cities in arid areas or desert cities have shown great growth only in the last 30-50 years because of new methods of irrigation and ways to obtain water for daily use.
www.nasa.gov /vision/earth/environment/arid_phoenix.html   (792 words)

  
 Financial Express   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They would essentially reduce congestion in the city, under the assumption that those living in such areas would be working in the industrial units closer to them and would not be required to travel from and to the city.
The lesson for any future satellite town is to have a mass rapid transit system to the mother city and have a strong local body with technical skills to manage and maintain the infrastructure, something that had been underscored over the decades.
Satellite towns would go a long way in addressing the growing aspirations of middle-class households to buy a house/apartment, something difficult for them to do in the city considering the rising realty prices.
www.financialexpress-bd.com /print.asp?newsid=29393   (421 words)

  
 Ethnic division outside Boston - The Boston Globe
An important part of that context is the dramatic population shift in the satellite cities, where a significant degree of white flight apparently occurred in the 1990s, Stuart said.
In the satellite cities, whites who departed either moved to another community or shifted to blocks where whites already had been disproportionately represented.
Stuart said that the growth of nonwhite residents in the satellite cities does not appear to be driven by cheaper housing costs outside the capital.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/12/14/ethnic_division_outside_boston   (918 words)

  
 View Cities By Satellite Key - and more   (Site not responding. Last check: )
View Cities By Satellite Key - A russian kosmos-2415 military satellite was successfully sent to a destined orbit by a soyuz-u launch vehicle from baikonur space center on friday, the interfax news agency reported.
View Cities By Satellite Key - The broadcasters said thursday they plan to notify the canadian radio-television and telecommunications commission of their new plans for satellite radio.
presuming a major commercial success as satellite radio reaches the mass market.Updateevacuation and cleanup efforts.&, 8226, the region satellite images the hospitals medical authorities said 8 to.A russian kosmos-2415 military satellite was successfully sent to a destined orbit by a soyuz-u launch vehicle from baikonur space center on friday, the interfax news agency reported.
www.satellite617.com /View-Cities-By-Satellite-Key.html   (381 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Another variation on Garden City often advocated by planners is the concept of satellite cities, which consist of a number of Garden Cities, each different from the other in some way, located around a larger central city.
The central city would function as a general-purpose commercial and cultural center, fulfilling certain administrative and commercial functions that would otherwise be unnecessarily duplicated in the satellite cities.
The analogy of satellite cities to living cells is, of course, inescapable.
library.thinkquest.org /C0115965/english/info/future/satellite.htm   (528 words)

  
 Satellite television - Wikinfo
The first satellite television signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar satellite over North America in 1962.
Uplink satellite dishes are directed toward the satellite that its signals will be transmitted to, and are very large, as much as 9 to 12 meters (30 to 40 feet) in diameter.
Satellite television in Australia has proven to be a far more feasible option than Cable television, due to the vast distances between population centres.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Satellite_television   (2302 words)

  
 Satellite cities may alleviate housing woes
Beijingers may be moving out of the city in their droves in the next couple of years.
There was also a report last week about the ambitions of Tianjin, a port city some 100 kilometres southeast of Beijing, to attract property purchasers from the capital to its newly mapped out developed areas.
Not much time is left for the planners of Beijing and their counterparts from nearby cities to sit down and compare notes on their real estate programmes and related projects.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /opinion/2006-05/29/content_602278.htm   (584 words)

  
 Satellite cities may alleviate housing woes
Beijingers may be moving out of the city in their droves in the next couple of years.
Not much time is left for the planners of Beijing and their counterparts from nearby cities to sit down and compare notes on their real estate programmes and related projects.
Housing prices in these cities have become one of the important factors to affect the public's evaluation of the health of the whole economy.
chinadaily.com.cn /opinion/2006-05/29/content_602278.htm   (584 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 269   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The government is going to develop five satellite cities in Savar, Keraniganj and Gazipur to ease the housing problem facing the middle-income groups.
The ministries of land and public works are jointly developing these satellite cities, divided into several plots of three katha, five katha and seven katha.
Two satellite cities will be developed on 2,500 acres covering Chhoto Kaliakoir, kumarkhoda, Bhoumik, Chandanpur, Tetuljhora unions under Savar upazila, one on 200 acres at Shonakanda in keraniganj, one on 800 acres in Pirojpur union and one on 2,000 acres in Gazipur.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/02/28/d50228060168.htm   (145 words)

  
 Living with Leviathan.
First, the experts overestimated the city’s population at the time of the 1980 census and underestimated the drop in fertility, which fell from 45 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age in 1965 to 28 per 1,000 in 1992.
Mexico City grew in the 1980s at the rate of about 1,500 people a day, but from 1992 on there was a net loss of population.
The city’s population has increased tenfold since 1940, when it was only 1.7 million, and its area has grown from 500 sq km in 1940 to today’s 4,500 sq km.
www.unesco.org /courier/1999_06/uk/dossier/txt11.htm   (1150 words)

  
 jrc Blog: Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: )
And when you approach a modern city, the tallest places are the office buildings, the centers of economic life...
Now if you look up "city" in a English-Swedish dictionary, you'll find "city" translated as stad, with an explanation that goes something like this: "a stad is a tätort with a bunch of large buildings".
So, there is a word for "city" but it doesn't carry the same meaning as it does in the United States.
jrc.freality.org /blog/archives/2005/07/cities.html   (732 words)

  
 Top Story - NASA SATELLITE CONFIRMS URBAN HEAT ISLANDS INCREASE RAINFALL AROUND CITIES - June 18, 2002
It is suspected that converging air due to city surfaces of varying heights, like buildings, also promotes rising air needed to produce clouds and rainfall.
Although useful, many of these studies were limited to specific cities that had access to relevant data from special observation networks or computer model simulations.
But satellites broaden the scope of such research by monitoring changes in rainfall patterns over urban areas on global scales over long periods of time.
www.gsfc.nasa.gov /topstory/20020613urbanrain.html   (1247 words)

  
 Earth Observatory Feature: Urban Rain
Though the meteorologist and climate scientist noticed the thundershowers that frequently capped off a summer day in the Washington-Baltimore region, he wasn’t aware that the cities might be influencing the rain until he noticed heavy rainfall around cities in satellite data.
The confluence of cities and storms may not be a coincidence: more rain falls downwind of some major urban areas than in the surrounding countryside.
As he surveyed the satellite data, he was looking for things like rainfall patterns created when a sea breeze interacts with coastal topography, but the pattern he saw emerging from the data of the southern United States surprised him.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov /cgi-bin/rss?/Study/UrbanRain   (1119 words)

  
 Satellite Images Of Cities - and more   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Satellite Images Of Cities - Dulles, va., sept. 3 prnewswire-firstcall -- orbimage inc., a wholly- owned subsidiary of orbimage holdings inc..
of the aftermath of hurricane katrina in the gulf coast with its high resolution satellite orbview-3.
Satellite Images Of Cities - Monster is proud to announce the launch of two new accessories for sirius satellite radio components -- monster sirius home antenna and monster sirius car antenna.
www.satellite617.com /Satellite-Images-Of-Cities.html   (272 words)

  
 NASA satellite confirms urban heat islands increase rainfall around cities
"Cities tend to be one to 10 degrees Fahrenheit [.56 to 5.6 Celsius] warmer than surrounding suburbs and rural areas and the added heat can destabilize and change the way air circulates around cities," said Shepherd.
It is suspected that converging air due to city surfaces of varying heights, like buildings, also promotes rising air needed to produce clouds and rainfall.
Although useful, many of these studies were limited to specific cities that had access to relevant data from special observation networks or computer model simulations.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2002-06/nsfc-nsc061802.php   (683 words)

  
 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
The assistant to the city secretary for administrative affairs, Moerdiman, said the allocation of the funds would be left to each city.
Yuyun said the neighboring cities had gained much from the development of Jakarta, and that he hoped such a grant could be distributed regularly.
Governor Sutiyoso proposed earlier this year that the satellite cities of Bogor, Depok, Bekasi, Tangerang and Cianjur be integrated with Jakarta, with the resulting area to be known as Jabodetabekjur.
www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060901.C02   (433 words)

  
 Integrating Environmental Considerations into the Economic Decision-Making Process
In 1984, City Hall adopted the central strategy of KLSP which now stands as its principal planning policy (City Hall of Kuala Lumpur, 1994).
City Hall is currently preparing a revised plan that will cover the period up to the year 2020, incorporating the Vision 2020 strategy introduced by the Prime Minister for a fully-fledged Malaysian nation.
Therefore the local authorities will ensure that infrastructure and floor space is available outside the central city planning area for commerce, shopping and services in order to support the needs of residents and to generate employment opportunities.
www.unescap.org /DRPAD/publication/integra/volume2/malaysia/2my01d.htm   (394 words)

  
 Sioux City Journal: State could dish out tax to satellite customers
Satellite customers have not paid the franchise fee, which has been viewed as payment to lay cable in city rights of way.
As families make the switch to satellite, cities, which collect the franchise fee, have seen their revenue shrink.
For example, the city of Des Moines collected $1.7 million from the fees in 2002, about $400,000 more than was collected in 2006.
www.siouxcityjournal.com /articles/2007/04/13/news/iowa/d405a7928975986d862572bc00154667.txt   (536 words)

  
 ::: Satellite Discoveres- Eye in the Sky :::: ::: Satellite Archaeology News
Satellites really could be used to spot ancient archaeological treasures buried underground, two researchers in Israel have shown.
Using declassified satellite photographs taken decades ago, Ur found what he believes is evidence of branches in the canals that indicate extensive agricultural irrigation in the lands north of Nineveh that scholars had thought dependent on rainfall for their annual production.
Satellite photographs can be powerful tools for archaeologists in detecting broader patterns of settlement and networks that accompany ancient civilizations, such as roads and canals, Ur said.
satellitediscoveries.typepad.com /weblog/satellite_archaeology_news/index.html   (3356 words)

  
 Satellite Images of United States Cities - Landsat
Satellite Images of United States Cities - Landsat
We have selected and scaled them to show the city and its surrounding environment in an artistic view.
If you are new to satellite images or new to Landsat you might enjoy these images even more after spending a few minutes with our brief tutorial - Beginner's Guide to Landsat Images.
geology.com /satellite/cities   (205 words)

  
 Soundscape of Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The cities are Brasilia, capital of Brazil, and New Delhi, capital of India.
I will limit my discussion to this part of the city today with the consciousness that Brasilia stretches beyond these boundaries and that the satellite cities that have sprouted around its peripheries in the last 30 years, are a direct result of the master plan.
Perhaps it is precisely the contrast between the anonymous international city sound of traffic and the cricket and cicada sounds specific to this place that characterizes acoustically what Brasilia still is: a pioneer venture, a master plan, modernist urban architecture with its claim for internationalism, cut into the Brazilian cerrado (bushland).
www.sfu.ca /~westerka/writings/soundcities.html   (3654 words)

  
 InfoAmericas Case Study: Satellite-based Internet Service Provider - Latin America Market Viability Study
An $800 million satellite delivered ISP start-up was planning its geographic footprint strategy for Latin America.
They wanted to focus on mid-size cities that would not be wired with high-speed internet access for the next five years.
A data rich report, delivered in excel that benchmarked all 110 cities (across 12 countries) and benchmarked them by different measures of data.
www.infoamericas.com /expertise/case-studies/CS-isp-mvs.htm   (184 words)

  
 United Press International - NewsTrack - Top News - Beijing to build 11 satellite cities
The cities are expected to hold 5.7 million people, mostly from Beijing, which has a population of 11.5 million.
The decision to build the satellite cities reflects Beijing's general urban plan for 2004-20, which was approved last January.
The plan requires city authorities to develop policies to decrease the population density and improve living conditions in old Beijing.
www.upi.com /NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060103-011413-2535r   (298 words)

  
 Satellite TV Twin Cities Minnesota Offer - Free Directv Twin Cities MN Deal!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In addition to a free satellite dish, receiver, and remote, Direct TV Satellite Twin Cities MN gifts new subscribers with a Free Digital Video Recorder (DVR) to enhance their viewing pleasure.
Satellite television is wireless signaling directed to home receivers from Direct TV's fleet of satellites orbiting the Earth.
Digital transmissions are received by the satellite from programming suppliers and then transmitted digitally back to receivers located in homes for processing as standard or high definition resolution and then on to the television screen for enjoyment by all.
www.openmainframe.com /mn-twin-cities-satellite-tv.html   (628 words)

  
 Favorite Chicago Satellite Cities? - Cyburbia Forums
I stopped in and chatted at the planning office in Kendall County for a bit a couple of years ago and was astonished when they told me that the City of Joliet's comp plan shows development in the city extending westward to IL 47, halfway across the south half of that county.
Although they were pretty big industrial centers in their heyday, most of the raw population growth in Chicagoland's satellite cities has actually been due to annexation and suburbanization.
The only satellite city that has been hemorrhaging population is Gary, which peaked at about twice its current population of 90,000 in 1960.
www.cyburbia.org /forums/showthread.php?t=27807   (2372 words)

  
 Vietnam Creates Satellite City Plan | Planetizen
"Satellite cities are to change the economic structure, labour force and reduce the population density in downtown HCM City, says Nguyen Van Dua, deputy chairman of the municipal People's Committee."
The scheme for Ho Chi Minh City is designed to alleviate overcrowding and other socioeconomic problems.
Nov 06, 2007 - City of Portland, Oregon
www.planetizen.com /node/18770   (405 words)

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