They are cosmopolitan; their development outpaces that of surrounding areas; they exhibit stark wealth disparity.
We have patients from a lot of surrounding areas.
The closeness of Silicon Valley to Stanford University and the proximity of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to State Highway 128 helped them become hotbeds of innovation and entrepreneurship that resulted in positive impacts on the economic development of the surrounding areas.
Though the company's contract runs until 2015, county officials plan to get new management as part of a coliseum renovation and development of the surrounding area.
The mine, he said, "can generate thousands of jobs and contribute to the development of the surrounding area".
The construction of Nationwide Arena, which holds 18,500 for hockey and features a glass atrium and exposed brick, spurred the development of the surrounding area.
Early student and faculty activism at UCSC pioneered an approach to environmentalism that greatly impacted the industrial development of the surrounding area.
Further, many coworking spaces will continue to revitalize vacant buildings while also driving urban community development for the surrounding areas.
To be left intact in the development of Espiritu and its surrounding areas will be miles of meandering lagoons, mangroves and estuaries, home to millions of birds such as pink and blue herons, parrots, pelicans, storks, fishing eagles, ducks, hummingbirds and orioles.
These arcs of glass and aluminium seem to offer spectacle and usefulness, opportunities for regeneration and property development, publicity for their surrounding areas - the perfect combination, it appears, for the contemporary urban planner.
