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Time zone
* Most time zones have boundaries
  - irregular boundaries.
  * For events where the precise time, day or month is not known, the user may omit these details. Time zones are assumed to be local to the event. If time zone information is specified, the otherwise optional timezone parameter must be set
* Time Zones Find out what time it is anywhere around the world
  - Learn about the development of time zones around the world
* are a barrier to unity
  - product of the Industrial Revolution
  - important in our daily lives
  - video games
* can also change from year to year.
* objects represent geopolitical regions.

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Urban area
* Many urban areas derive their water from adjacent rivers or lakes
  - have thousands of abandoned and potentially contaminated properties
  - lack space for recreation, learning, social interaction and cultural expression
  - offer a high quality of life
  - tend to have high ozone levels
* Most urban areas have trees
  - reflect a mixture of all religious denominations
* Some urban areas provide habitats.
  * An 'urban area' is an area where many people live and work close together. The population density is higher than in the surrounding area. It is where buildings are close together. Urban is the opposite of rural, where farm lands and nature are. Urban areas are usually cities and towns. Most of the work available in urban areas is factory and office work.
* account for the major share of income growth in most countries and of fiscal revenues.
* are also susceptible to climate variability
  - always warmer than the countryside
  - concentrations of population, property investment, and infrastructure
  - existing communities where a broad range of public services exist
  - major noise pollution centres
  - places where large populations exist
  - the product of industrial development
  - warmer than rural areas both during the day and at night
* are, therefore, where environmental problems are most severe.
* can experience dangerous flash flooding when storm sewers back up from intense rainfall.
* consume large amounts of resources and generate considerable amounts of waste.
* have a huge impact on avian species richness, composition, and abundance
  - strong impact on local land use and land cover
  - adequate medical staffing in hospitals and clinics
  - many activities occurring that can potentially contaminate an aquifer
  - the effect of warming the environment and making the surface rougher
* reflect a lower proportion of incoming solar radiation.
* serve as the hubs of manufacturing, commerce, government, communications and culture.
* suffer from elevated temperatures due to the darkness of paved streets and roofs.
* support development.
* tend to appear grey.
* tend to have less extreme low temperatures than the surrounding countryside
  - warmer nights than rural ones

### location | region | geographical area | urban area:

Conurbation
* Most conurbations arise on the coast.
* is an urban area

### location | region | geographical area | urban area:

Urban sprawl
* can lead to high public costs and environmental degradation.
* competes with preservation of farm land in rural areas.
* direct result of crime in the central city.
* has also a negative effect on city dwellers.
* increases road congestion, while pushing traffic deeper into the countryside.
  - another reason homeowners associations are growing
  - one of the most devastating environmental problems
* is the antithesis of traditional development patterns
  - result of many social and technological factors
  - term for automobile-oriented cities
  - today's contrived crisis
* problem that communities all across America are confronting.
* reduces farmland at the rate of one acre for each five births.
* significant environmental issue.
* statewide concern as much as environmental protection.