standard metropolitan statistical area

…Although the viewpoints and approaches are different, the phenomena and structures are exactly the same as metropolitan areas. Furthermore, in the United States, when a rural area surrounding a city with a population of 50,000 or more has many non-farming residents, many commuters to the city center, and has a strong connection with the central city, the administrative unit called a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) is used in the census to combine the area and the central city, and this SMSA can be considered synonymous with a metropolitan area. In the UK, a group of cities that are closely related and have adjacent urban areas is called a conurbation, and this can also be considered the same as a metropolitan area. …

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…それらは観点やアプローチが異なるのであるが，事象，構造などは都市圏とまったく同じである。　さらに，アメリカ合衆国では，人口5万以上の都市周辺地域の農村で，非農家が多く，中心地への通勤者が多くて，その中心都市との結びつきが強い場合，その地域と中心都市とを併せて標準都市統計地区standard metropolitan statistical area(SMSA)という行政単位をセンサスで用いているが，このSMSAも都市圏と同義と考えてよい。なおイギリスでは，関係が深く市街地が接している都市群を併せてコナーベーション(連接都市)と呼んでいるが，これも都市圏と同じと考えてよい。…

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