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Metropolitan-area networks

IEEE Spectrum, 1990
Metropolitan-area networks (MAN), which fill the gap between local area networks (LANs) and wide-area networks (WANs), are discussed. MANs were originally oriented toward data, but now often carry voice and video traffic as well. Supplying more bandwidth than LANs, they support two-way communication over a shared medium such as an optical-fiber cable ...
G.M. Campbell, Patricia Morreale
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Metropolitan Area Networks [PDF]

open access: possible, 1994
Metropolitan area networks have evolved as an extension of the idea of a local area network to encompass both higher speed and larger geographic extent, covering a city and its suburbs. Standards adopted by the IEEE 802.6 committee involve the use of a dual bus carrying ATM cells and supporting a variety of services including data, voice, and video ...
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Urban green infrastructure and urban forests: a case study of the Metropolitan Area of Milan

Green Infrastructure, 2017
Rapid expansion of urban built-up areas since the 1950s has led to the Milan region becoming one of the major metropolitan areas of Europe. This has been accompanied by significant structural changes to urban and peri-urban landscapes and fragmentation ...
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Differentiation in Metropolitan Areas [PDF]

open access: possibleAmerican Sociological Review, 1954
"Here's tae ye, as guid as ye are, and here's tae me, as bad as I am-but as guid as ye are, and as bad as I am, I'm as guid as ye are, as bad as I am." The second, however, lays stress on the broadmindedness that is so needful if sociological societies "the round world over" are to make their full beneficent contribution not only to their own cherished
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Redefining the metropolitan area

National Municipal Review, 1936
AbstractThe wide variations between cities in area, density of population, and suburban relationships make it difficult to set up a definition applicable everywhere.
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From the Metropolitan Areas to the Post-metropolitan Dimension

2021
This chapter introduces a description of the two main areas that will be discussed throughout the book: the metropolitan region of Palermo and South-Eastern Sicily. The chapter starts with a socio-economic analysis describing the characteristics of demography, employment and income in these two parts of Sicily, by comparing them to the situation of ...
Picone, M, Lo Piccolo, F, Schilleci, F
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Beijing Metropolitan Area

2017
This chapter traces the origin and brief history of Beijing Metropolitan Area, one of the megacities of Asia and the national capital region of the People’s Republic of China. The urban primacy, urban land use/cover changes, and the driving forces that influence the rapid urbanization of Beijing Metropolitan Area are examined.
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Bacteremic nosocomial pneumonia. Analysis of 172 episodes from a single metropolitan area.

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 2015
We studied 172 episodes of bacteremia attributed to nosocomial pneumonia in 168 patients, observed in the 4 major hospitals of a single metropolitan area over a 5-yr period. Overall mortality for these patients was 58%.
C. Bryan, K. L. Reynolds
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The Metropolitan Area Problem

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1974
Intergovernmental service agreements, transfer of functional responsibility to the county and state levels, establishment of regional special districts and state-controlled public authorities, and federal preemption during the past fifteen years have combined to effect major changes in the metropolitan governance system.
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