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.
The rural-urban fringe of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. The ruralâurban fringe, also known as the outskirts or the urban hinterland, can be described as the  landscape interface between town and country, or also as the transition zone where urban and rural uses mix and often clash.espite these 'urban' uses, the fringe remains largely open with the majority of the land agricultural, woodland or other rural use. However the quality of the countryside around urban areas tends to be low with severance between area of open land and bad maintained woodlands and hedgerows.