Urban areas

An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features.Urban areas may be cities and towns.

A town is a large area with houses, shops, offices etc, where people live and work. It is a settlement of a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants. Usually, some people think that town is larger than a village but smaller than a "city", though there are exceptions to this rule.

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing, and transportation. The concentration of development greatly facilitates interaction between people and businesses, benefiting both parties in the process.

A big city, or metropolis are usually associated with metropolitan areas and urban sprawl.

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8.1 Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений:

Плотность населения, поселение, житель, исключение, передовая система, жилищное строительство, предприятия.

8.2 Что называется городской территорией?

An urban area is a village.

An urban area may be cities and towns.

An urban area is a metropolis.

8.3 Ответьте на вопросы?

1. What is an urban area?

2. What is larger: a city or a town?

3. What facilitates interaction between people and businesses?

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Cadastral report

Cadastral report contains official information on the urban cadastre of the city on the basis of the operating Master Plan of the city. It represents a normative document on location, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and rebuilding of objects in the city. All the information in the cadastral report is public and accessible to any customer without limitation. The information resources are formed on the basis of the town-planning and project documentation.

Cadastral report is not permission but a document, which provides both the government bodies and investors with the information base. This information base is necessary for taking justified decisions and it protects the investors against biased actions of authorities.

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9.1 Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений:

Восстановление, доступный, ограничение, градостроительство, оправданное решение, необъективные действия властей.

9.2 Что такое кадастровый отчет?

Cadastral report is the operating Master Plan.

Cadastral report is a document which provides both the government bodies and investors with the information base.

3. Cadastral report isbiased actions of authorities.