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Administrative division in some English-speaking countries
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. A borough is usually smaller than a city. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BoroughA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Inequalities in developing multimorbidity over time: A population-based cohort study from an urban, multi-ethnic borough in the United KingdomInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Township and boroughThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: PREVALENCE OF BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS IN 3‐YEAR‐OLD CHILDREN: AN EP1DEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN A LONDON BOROUGHCited 313 times
- Go sideways: County boroughA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Municipal boroughA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
Noun An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
Noun An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity.
Noun Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
PREVALENCE OF BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS IN 3‐YEAR‐OLD CHILDREN: AN EP1DEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN A LONDON BOROUGH
Host-Feeding Habits ofCulexand Other Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Borough of Queens in New York City, with Characters and Techniques for Identification ofCulexMosquitoes
PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY: A SURVEY IN ONE LONDON BOROUGH
Excess winter morbidity among older people at risk of cold homes: a population-based study in a London borough
Green waste collection and the public's recycling behaviour in the Borough of Wyre, England
Recycling behaviour in a London Borough: Results from large-scale household surveys
Compulsory admissions in a London borough: I. Social and clinical features and a follow-up
THE STRATEGIC USE OF EVENTS WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A STUDY OF LONDON BOROUGH COUNCILS
🆕 Influential since 2022
Inequalities in developing multimorbidity over time: A population-based cohort study from an urban, multi-ethnic borough in the United Kingdom
An examination of flood resilience in London Borough of Southwark
Borough-level COVID-19 forecasting in London using deep learning techniques and a novel MSE-Moran’s I loss function
Violence in the Big Apple throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: A borough-specific analysis
Assessing the species diversity and vulnerability of urban tree populations in the London borough of Westminster
📚 Books worth reading
Township and boroughFrederic William Maitland · 1898
The common law of Kent, or, The customs of gavelkindThomas Robinson · 1741- 📕The Prison Act, 1877Rand McNally · 1883
British borough charters, 1042-1216Adolphus Ballard · 1913
Bisel's Pennsylvania municipal lawsourcePennsylvania. · 1998
The history of the Borough SynagogueM. Rosenbaum · 1917- 📕The Borough Polytechnic InstituteEdric Bayley · 1910
The English borough in the twelfth centuryBallard, Adolphus. · 1914
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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