Is there a specific LEED definition as it relates to whether a
project would be considered in an urban, suburban, or rural
location? It's not in the Reference Guide. I think it pretty
much would be common sense or based on your land use
regulations. You might also want to email USGBC to see what they
say. The use of the term "urban" in the Reference Guide seems to
bea more populated area as demonstrated by the Density and
Connectivity credit (i.e. 60,000 sf/ac OR 1/2 mile...). But,
more to your question and inthe absence of a more definitive
explanation from the USGBC, this is cute, per Wikipedia: "In the
United States there are two categories of urban area. The term
urbanized area denotes an urban area of 50,000 or more people.
Urban areas under 50,000 people are called urban clusters.
Urbanized areas were first delineated in the United States in
the 1950 census, while urban clusters were added in the 2000
census. There are 1371 United States Urban Areas & Urban
Clusters with more than 10,000 people. The US