Satellite city

Smaller municipality that is inside of or adjacent to a larger major city Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) is a satellite city of Kolkata with over 670,000 residents. A satellite city or satellite town is a smaller municipality or settlement that is part of (or on the edge of) a larger metropolitan area and serves as a regional population and employment center. It differs from suburbs, subdivisions and especially bedroom communities in that it has employment bases sufficient to support its residential population, and conceptually, could be a self-sufficient community outside of its larger metropolitan area. However, it functions as part of a metropolis and experiences high levels of cross-commuting (that is, residents commuting out of and employees commuting into the city).[citation needed] See also General Edge city New Urbanism Rural flight Satellite village Urban area Urban sprawl Planning Regional planning Spatial planning Lists List of United States urban areas Category:Satellite cities References ^ Goldfield, David (2007). Encyclopedia of American Urban History. ISBN 9780761928843. ^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). "satellite town". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architec