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‘Continuum of Urbanity’

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Instead of thinking of urban and rural as binary, the new ‘Continuum of Urbanity’ adds a third dimension (wildness) and room for mixture, so that urban planners and researchers can better understand and help the neighborhoods they work in. 

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Credit: Pickett et al./npj Urban Sustainability 2026

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