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Encyclopedia > Neighborhoods
Neighbourhood is also a term in topology.

A neighbourhood (in Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (in American English) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. The residents of a given neighbourhood are called neighbours (or neighbors), although this term may also be used across much larger distances in rural areas.


Traditionally, a neighbourhood is small enough that the neighbours are all able to know each other. However in practice, neighbours may not know one another very well at all. Villages aren't divided into neighbourhoods, because they are already small enough that the villagers can all know each other.


In Canada and the United States, neighbourhoods are often given official or semi-official status through neighbourhood associations, or block watches. These may regulate such matters as lawn care and fence height, and they may provide such services as block parties, neighbourhood parks, and community security. In some other places the equivalent organisation is the parish, though a parish may have several neighbourhoods within it depending on the area.


In the People's Republic of China, the term is generally used for the urban administrative unit usually found immediately below the district level, although an intermediate, subdistrict level exists in some cities. They are also called streets (administrative terminology varies from city to city). Neighbourhoods encompass 2,000 to 10,000 families. Within neighbourhoods, families are grouped into smaller residential units of 100 to 600 families and supervised by a residents' committee; these are subdivided into residents' small groups of fifteen to forty families. (See Political divisions of China)


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The Neighborhood - Home Page (222 words)
Discount comes in the form of a certificate to be applied to your first month's line fee.
After 12 consecutive months of MCI service on qualifying Neighborhood product, you will receive a second certificate for an additional month's line fee.
Each consecutive 12 month anniversary you will continue to receive a certificate for an additional month's line fee discount, as long as you remain on the Neighborhood plan you select.
City of Austin - Overview of Neighborhood Planning (1071 words)
Neighborhood planning was explicitly anticipated in the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, which was completed in 1979 and is Austin’s master plan for physical development of the city.
Neighborhood plans also identify locations for mixed use, where the addition of housing to a commercial corridor or node contributes to urban vitality and reduces sprawl.
Neighborhood planning is an opportunity for citizens to shape the neighborhoods where they live, work, own property, or manage a business.
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