Here the cat was also considered a guardian of homes and a symbol of domestic goodness. In Muslim lore, the cat is honored for saving Mohammad from an attack by a fierce snake. Here it is believed the M marking on the forehead of many tabby cats is the mark of the prophet (M for Mohammad).
(Redirected from Urban Growth Boundary). An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for higher density urban development and the area outside be used for lower density development.
Definition of a city and data issues The majority of countries use a single characteristic or a combination of administrative, population size or density, economic and urban characteristics (e.g., paved streets, water-supply systems, sewer-age systems and electric lighting) to define a city.owards sustainable cities 59. Nonetheless, urban population growth has outpaced economic growth as well as the needed improvement of competence and institutional capacity of city governments in many developing countries, which contrasts with the closer correlation found in de-veloped countries (figure III.2).