Urban or built up land by use

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029295",
  "term": "Urban or built up land by use",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Urban or Built Up Land by Use",
  "definition": "1. A Land Cover/Use category consisting of residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional land; construction sites; public administrative sites; railroad yards; cemeteries; airports; golf courses; sanitary landfills; sewage treatment plants; water control structures and spillways; other land used for such purposes; small parks (less than 10 acres) within urban and built-up areas; and highways, railroads, and other transportation facilities if they are surrounded by urban areas. Also included are tracts of less than 10 acres that do not meet the above definition but are completely surrounded by Urban and Built-up land. Two size categories are recognized in the NRI: (i) areas 0.25 to 10 acres, and (ii) areas greater than 10 acres. [NRI-97]\n\n2. Urban or Built-up Land is comprised of areas of intensive use with much of the land covered by structures. Included in this category are cities, towns, villages, strip developments along highways, transportation, power, and communications facilities, and areas such as those occupied by mills, shopping centers, industrial and commercial complexes, and institutions that may, in some instances, be isolated from urban areas.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Built Environments-Human Modified Land",
    "USGS A Land Use And Land Cover Classification System For Use With Remote Sensor Data Geological Survey Professional Paper 964 at http://www.usbr.gov/lc/socal/reports/SMappend_C.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/urban-or-built-up-land-by-use/"
}