metropolitan area urban area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Urban_areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702492 A human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets; in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment. urban areas