6.7

• critical to the functioning of any city is infrastructure, the facilities and systems that serve the population. the infrastructure of any city has many elements:

  • transportation features (roads, bridges, parking lots, and signs )
  • communication features (cell phone towers, television cables and internet service)
  • distribution systems for water, gas and electricity
  • buildings, such as police stations, courthouses, and fire stations
  • collection systems for sewage and garbage
  • entertainment venues (theatres, museums, and sports facilities)
  • open spaces (public parks and town squares)
• municipal - the local government of a city or town and the services it provides

  municipality - a local entity that is all under the same jurisdiction
• annexation- the process of adding land to a city’s legally defined territory
• incorporation - the act of legally joining together to form a new city
• bedroom communities/commuter suburbs - usually lack a true CBD and function as such within the larger metro area
• unincorporated areas - population regions that do not fall within the legal boundary of any city or municipality