Functional urban area
Spatial development glossary, European Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT), Territory and landscape, No 2, published by Council of Europe Publishing in 2007, defines a functional urban area as an area that: ‘…characterises the area of influence of a city. It is generally delineated on the basis of statistics (for instance commuter flows)… Most European States have definitions of Functional Urban Areas or similar concepts, such as travel to-work-areas, commuting catchment areas, commuting zones or functional urban regions.’
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