Statistical Terms Glossary

This division includes uranium ores and concentrates; natural uranium, uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium, uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products; as well as fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors (nonirradiated or irradiated).

This class includes uranium ores and concentrates.

It consists of small areas within cities, such as vacant lots, verges, shipping containers and balconies, that are used for growing crops and raising small livestock or milk cows for own consumption or sale in neighbourhood markets.

Urban mobility: trips made by residents of an urban area, where both origin and destination are inside the same urban area.
Non-urban mobility: trips made by people living outside the urban area or where at least one endpoint is outside the urban area.

Area within the administrative boundary or a set of administrative boundaries of a core city (settlement).Urban areas may be classified by size according to number of inhabitants: (a) 10 000 to 49 999 – small; (b) 50 000 to 249 999 – medium; (c) 250 000 or more – large.

Transport carried out on inland waterways located within the boundaries of an urban area.

A scheduled inland waterways public transport service for commuter and other local traffic within an urban area, operating throughout the year.

An inland waterways transport vessel operating an urban inland waterway transport service.

Given national differences in the characteristics that distinguish urban from rural areas, the distinction between urban and rural population is not amenable to a single definition applicable to all countries. National definitions are commonly based on size of locality; any population that is not urban is considered rural.

Percentage of the urban population with using improved water sources. An “improved” source is one that is likely to provide safe"" water, such as household connection, a borehole, etc. Current information does not allow yet establishing a relationship between access to safe water and access to improved sources, but WHO and UNICEF are examining this relationship.

Railway enterprise wholly operating urban, suburban or similar lines within the boundaries of one or more built-up areas.

A road within the boundaries of a built-up area, which is an area with entries and exits specially sign-posted as such.

Road passenger transport enterprise performing urban, metropolitan or similar scheduled or non-scheduled transport services within the boundaries of one or more built-up areas and whose main activities in the field of road passenger transport, according to value-added, is urban road passenger transport.

Traffic carried out in an urban area by road vehicles.

Transport carried out on urban roads or tramways.

Urban sprawl is the expansion of an urban area to accommodate its growing population

Urbanization:
1. increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas;
2. process by which a large number of people becomes permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities

The Uruguay Round is the eighth round of multilateral trade negotiations conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Launched in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 1986 and concluded in December 1993, the final Uruguay Round agreement, signed in Marrakech in April 1994, embraces 136 participating countries (“contracting partners”) and came into effect in 1995

Contains commitments in the areas of market access, domestic support, and export subsidies, and general provisions concerning monitoring and continuation. In addition, each country’s schedule is an integral part of its contractual commitment under the URAA.

Use benefits include both direct and indirect benefits. Use benefits also include option and bequest benefits.

These comprise members’ drawings on the IMF other than those drawn against the country’s reserve tranche position. Use of IMF credit and loans includes purchases and drawings under Stand-By, Extended, Structural Adjustment, Enhanced Structural Adjustment, and Systemic Transformation Facility Arrangements, together with Trust Fund loans.

The rights held by fishers or fishing communities to use the fishery resources.

A table that describes the use of natural resources (from the national or the rest of the world environment) by the national or the rest of the world economy.