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Fig. 17.5
The southwest corner of Denver, Colorado
of Denver. Nonetheless the image raises interesting questions regarding contempo-
rary land use patterns in the United States. Traditionally urban was distinguished
from rural. Since World War II this classification began to include 'suburban'.
This exploration suggests that the new category of 'Exurban' might be appropriate.
It is interesting to note that the population densities of urban (which includes sub-
urban in this example), exurban, and rural roughly follow a descending power of
