Sentences with phrase «when several smaller villages»

It's a simple model — for instance, it does not account for zoning restrictions or for the fact that some cities, such as London, emerged as polycentric entities hundreds of years ago when several smaller villages consolidated — but it is still a useful model for exploring polycentricity, says Michael Batty, an urban planner at University College London, who wasn't involved in the study.

The City of Mississauga was in fact only created in the 1970's, when several small villages were incorporated into a new amalgamation.